Preschool and early-childhood education is grabbing a lot of attention from policymakers. But the challenge for proponents is to create a system that offers a high-quality program for young learners. At a free webinar from 2 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 6, join Laura Bornfreund, the deputy director of the Early Childhood Initiative for the New America Foundation, and Debi [...]
An Education Week webinar aimed at helping teachers meet the new English/Language Arts standards will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 8. Webinar topics will include: Increasing the quantity of writing throughout the school day Helping students improve writing by analyzing complex texts Making the writing process a vehicle of instruction Teaching opinion and informative/explanatory writing across [...]
The faculty and staff in the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville have developed a set of assessments to measure middle school teachers’ knowledge for teaching mathematics. They are looking for need middle school mathematics teachers to complete preliminary assessments to validate individual assessment [...]
Science Friday is celebrating observation – and we’re challenging you and your students to get out and observe everything! #ObserveEverything is a nationwide invitation to practice the essential skill of observation with Science Friday’s large community of scientists, students, parents, and educators. It’s a great opportunity to complement the inquiry-based instruction you’re doing with students … and have a little fun with multimedia creation [...]
Register your teams for the “Take Stock in Kentucky” competition, grades 4-12. In this exciting online simulation/competition, teams of two to six students will build a portfolio of Kentucky investments starting with $100,000 in imaginary funds over a period of 10 weeks. The companies they will research and invest in are headquartered in Kentucky, companies that have state offices or [...]
The U. S. Department of Education (USED) has named four Kentucky public schools as 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence. They are: Central Elementary, Marshall County Johnson Elementary, Fort Thomas Independent Tompkinsville Elementary, Monroe County Stopher Elementary, Jefferson County The Kentucky schools are among the 337 public and private, elementary, middle and high schools across [...]
The 2014 21st Century Community Learning Centers Multi-State Conference brought together directors from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana to share best practices and innovations in after-school and summer programming.
The GeoSphere, a unique learning environment in which students enter a 20-foot inflatable globe, sit on Antarctica, and are given an unparalleled view of our planet, is coming to Western Kentucky University from Nov. 17-20. Students go inside the GeoSphere one class at a time (25-30 people) for programs, which are 15 to 20 minutes long. GeoSphere shows natural vegetation [...]
Join educators who are working to support teachers using the Literacy Design Collaborative framework at a two-day LDC Coaches Institute in Lexington. The session is intended for teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and administrators who are working with other teachers on implementing LDC tasks and modules in science, social studies and English/language arts classrooms. The institute will concentrate on effective communication and [...]
Students in grades 6 through 12 can get in the spirit of the election season by entering the annual Secretary of State Essay and Slogan Contest. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes encourages all eligible students to enter the contest, which is designed to expand civic awareness of students who will soon be eligible to vote. Students in 6th to [...]