Project Learning Tree will host its Southeastern Forests and Climate Change workshop for educators March 6 at the Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary in Frankfort. The workshop will provide the latest and greatest curriculum regarding the effects of climate change for teachers and facilitators. The registration fee is $15, which includes lunch. The registration deadline is Feb. 27. Click here to register [...]
“Mission 4: City of Immigrants,” part of the Mission U.S. collection of free educational games with comprehensive support materials about three different periods in American history produced by WNET-TV in New York, is now live. In “Mission 4: City of Immigrants,” students assume the role of Lena Brodsky, a 14-year-old Jewish immigrant from Minsk, Russia. Lena arrives in the United [...]
Brock Walter The Boyd County school district is focused on becoming a leader in learning by committing resources and provisions that put “Kids First.” The overarching milestone of the district is to ensure college- and career-readiness for all students by providing learning opportunities that encompass a wide range of 21st-century skills. All stakeholders share the vision to challenge [...]
Tricia Shelton By Tricia Shelton tricia.shelton@boone.kyschools.us The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Framework for K-12 Science Education articulate a beautiful vision for our students. The overarching goal of the standards is a coherent and rigorous science education for all students that enables them to be critical consumers of science and attain the scientific literacy necessary to [...]
Burrrrrrrrrr! Snowed piled up in record amounts across the state this week, causing many districts to cancel classes. Students in Fayette county took advantage of the snow days to get outside and have a little fun sledding.
A Kentucky School for the Deaf mathematics teacher is utilizing an online homework and testing system that she helped align with the Kentucky Core Academic Standards.
Kentucky Department of Education Chief of Staff Tommy Floyd is Commissioner Terry Holliday’s guest writer this week. He shares some of his experiences and thoughts on the implementation of the higher compulsory school attendance age and how it is really focused on helping each and every child in Kentucky become successful. Tommy Floyd I vividly remember the first high school [...]
The eCybermission web-based STEM competition is seeking more than 2,000 virtual judges to evaluate entries from the nearly 28,000 students enrolled in the competition. Sponsored by the U.S. Army, the competition involves teams of students in grades 6-9 are submitting entries in which they propose a solution to a real problem in their community. Volunteers will independently evaluate and score [...]
Incoming high school freshmen from Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Owen and Trimble Counties now have a groundbreaking choice about where to go to high school. The superintendents of the five school districts announced this week they are opening Kentucky’s first regional career academy so their students can pursue competitive advantage for the Golden Triangle region’s highest-demand, highest-wage jobs. iLEAD Academy, located [...]
The Rochester Reform Trail, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for K-12 teachers, will host two week-long workshops in July exploring the antebellum reform movement at the College at Brockport, State University of New York, in Brockport, New York. Landmark visits held during the workshops July 19-25 and July 26-Aug. 1 will [...]