Old dwellings bring new understanding of world
A weeklong academy teaches educators how Project Archaeology’s Investigating Shelter curriculum can engage students by giving them the tools to become “nosy people.”
Partnerships are critical
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday I want to give a “shout out” to one of our university partners. I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a group of K-12 and higher education educators at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Education P20 Innovation Lab meeting. UK College of Education Dean Mary John O’Hair started the P20 Innovation [...]
UK offers standards-based grading workshop this summer
This summer the University of Kentucky's College of Education is sponsoring a two-day workshop on standards-based grading. Tom Guskey, Gerry Swan and Lee Ann Jung will be leading the workshop, which will take place June 30-July 1 in Lexington. Find more information at http://p20.education.uky.edu/summer-institute/.
Girls, summer and science
Nineteen high school girls spent a week this summer at the University of Kentucky exploring the world of underwater robotics at an aquabots day camp. The aquabots are similar to the ones found in many Kentucky LEGO robotics programs, except they work in a pool of water instead of on land.
PIMSER opportunities
The University of Kentucky and the Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform (PIMSER) will host several workshops this summer. Get Ready! Introduction to the Next Generation Science Standards – two sessions this summer to assist teachers with implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in the fall. Infusing the Practices into Units of Study Integrating Engineering into Units [...]
Asian Studies Symposium
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Asia Center at the University of Kentucky is hosting a symposium focused on incorporating Asian Studies into K-12, postsecondary, and community-based education. Learning and Teaching About Asia will be held at the William T. Young library on the UK campus on April 13 from 10-4:30 p.m. ET. Workshops are free and open to [...]
McCracken students get hands-on in real world
Heath Middle School (McCracken County) students Conner Kelly, Hayden Faughn, Garrett Childress and Katelyn Woodard make biosoap at the Emerging Technology Center at West Kentucky Community & Technical College.Photo by U.S. Department of Energy By Matthew Tungate matthew.tungate@education.ky.gov When an official with the U.S. Department of Energy offered 6th-grade science teacher Brandy Roberts a chance to take her [...]
Former education commissioner to head UK’s National Center for Innovation in Education
The National Center for Innovation in Education is being established at the University of Kentucky College of Education with funding from two of the country's leading foundations -- the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Teachers can’t wait to get their hands on nanoparticles
Teachers did research at UofL and UK this summer to take real-world experience back to the classroom.
UK College of Education to offer summer K-8 literacy course
The University of Kentucky's College of Education Department will offer a professional learning opportunity this summer that includes a week-long “compressed” graduate level course designed specifically for K-8 reading and language arts teachers. It course will focus on improving professional practice in reading instruction, intervention and assessment. It will concentrate on developing skills to effectively use assessment to drive all phases of [...]