Students selected for commissioner’s advisory council
Six Kentucky public high school students have been named to the Next-Generation Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Stephen L. Pruitt.
ESU state Shakespeare competition scheduled
The English-Speaking Union, Kentucky Branch, Shakespeare Competition will be March 6 at Bellarmine University in Louisville. The competition is open to high school students, who read, analyze, perform and recite Shakespearean monologues and sonnets in three qualifying stages: at the school, community and national levels. The program begins in classrooms nationwide in fall and early winter, culminating in school-wide competitions [...]
Kentucky students continue to outperform national peers
Kentucky's public school students continue to outperform their peers nationally in 4th- and 8th-grade reading and in 4th-grade mathematics.
Measuring success as a process
Hope Street Group Kentucky Teacher Fellow Cassie Redding bases her entire approach to teaching on the premise that the success of her students must be her top priority.
Teachers use tech, games and silence to keep students engaged
East Bernstadt Elementary teachers Susan Elza and Amy Jervis found creative ways to keep students engaged.
Kentucky Teacher of the Year remains a student at heart
Ashley Lamb-Sinclair didn’t realize it at first, but she discovered she was “one of those people who was just born to teach.”
Bullitt coordinator named to gifted education advisory board
Sarah Coomer, the gifted and talented coordinator for Bullitt County Schools, has been named a director of the Kentucky Association of Gifted Education Advisory Board. She joins the 20-member board that serves as an advocate and liaison for gifted and talented children within their district and across Kentucky. Coomer has worked with district staff to offer weekly elementary camps in [...]
Kentucky Storytelling Conference set at Dale Hollow
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference will be Nov. 6-7 at Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park in Burkesville. The Nov. 6 evening session includes featured storyteller Pat Nease, a three-time Florida champion liar, an open mic session and a Late Night Story Slam. The agenda for Nov. 7 includes workshops, open mic sessions and another evening concert. Advance registration discounts are [...]
Travel program offers professional development credit
The Global Exploration for Educators Organization (GEEO) will offer a number of travel programs in 2016 in which educators can earn professional development credit while seeing the world. GEEO’s trips are seven to 21 days long and are designed and discounted to be interesting and affordable for teachers. In addition to tour leaders, many of the programs are accompanied by university faculty that are experts [...]
NOAA climate stewards project open to educators
Applications are being accepted for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Stewards Education Project (CSEP), which provides educators with sustained professional development, collaborative tools and support to build a climate-literate public that is actively engaged in climate stewardship. The program also provides support for educators to execute climate stewardship (mitigation or adaptation) projects with their audiences to increase understanding [...]