The Kentucky State Parks are once again offering the Commonwealth Connection discount for all local, state and federal employees and retirees for 2012-13. The Kentucky State Parks offer more than 250 miles of hiking trails, wildlife viewing, golf and other outdoor adventure. With this program, reduced rates on lodge rooms and cottages at 17 resort parks are offered. These rates [...]
What do today’s young people think about the upcoming election? A special edition of Education Matters, in partnership with Kentucky Youth Advocates, features a panel of Kentucky high school students discussing the election issues that matter most to them. The program airs Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET immediately before the vice-presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, [...]
Bellarmine University’s Center for Regional Environmental Studies is hosting a free public symposium on climate change Sept. 22. Advance registration, available online at http://buclimate.eventbrite.com/, is required. The symposium, funded by a grant from NASA Kentucky’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, is open to anyone wishing to hear directly from scientists involved in climate change research. Teachers attending the event [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Environmental Education grants program supports environmental education projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge and skills to make informed environmental decisions and take responsible actions towards the environment. EPA will host a webinar/conference call for potential applicants interested in additional information about the application process on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. EDT. For [...]
The Kentucky PTA and 15th District PTA (Jefferson County) have received a generous grant from the National PTA to go out into the state and talk to parents about the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS) and Kentucky’s new public school assessment, called the Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) tests. The approximately 90-minute training is free and open to [...]
The National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL's) annual America's Legislators Back to School Program for the school year 2012-13 will begin in September. LRC staff will be contacting some schools to arrange visits to classrooms by members of the Kentucky General Assembly participating in this nationwide, nonpartisan event. Detailed information about the program is available here. Like the last few years, [...]
Last year, the first competition was held for the National History Bee, sponsored by the History Channel and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The competition is a three-stage event consisting of a writing performance, buzzer competition and national championship. According to Eric Huff, director of operations for National History Bee, Kentucky had the lowest number of participants nationally in the competition last [...]
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) has received a $178,000 Landmarks of American History and Culture grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The funds will be used by KHS to host two weeklong teacher workshops called “Torn Within, Threatened Without: Kentucky and the Border States in Civil War America,” in the summer of 2013. These workshops will enable [...]
The Kentucky Board of Nursing will be holding public meetings to receive comments related to medication administration by unlicensed personnel, particularly the administration of insulin to school children by unlicensed school personnel. Comments may be submitted via e-mail at uap.taskforce@ky.gov, in writing at each public meeting or by mail to: Sharon Eli Mercer, MSN,RN Nursing Practice Consultant Kentucky Board of [...]
The Kentucky Press Association (KPA) is offering its annual book giveaway this fall. KPA encourages teachers, principals and librarians to contact their local newspaper publishers and ask if they are participating in the 2012 KPA Literacy Project and ask how their schools can join. This year’s story, Unleashed, is written by Kentucky author Leigh Anne Florence and illustrated by Chris [...]