Nominations are being accepted for the Kentucky Jump$tart Coalition’s Financial Literacy Teacher of the Year award, which honors a Kentucky teacher in grades K-12 who demonstrates an exceptional commitment to teaching financial literacy topics and motivating students to learn about personal finance. The award winner receives: paid registration for the 2015 LifeFundamental$ Financial Literacy Summit in June. $250 that can [...]
The deadline has been extended for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s 2015 creating writing contest, which gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to compete for cash prizes by describing what they would do if they ruled their school. “If I were Principal for a Day” is the theme of the contest, which is open to students in grades [...]
The deadline for the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection's (DEP) 2014-15 Eco-Art Contest has been extended. The contest, which is in its sixth year, provides an opportunity for students to gain statewide recognition for artwork relating to Kentucky’s environment. Awards will be presented to eligible high school students who create art using the contest themes of conservation, pollution prevention and [...]
The deadline for applications to the Kentucky Reading Project (KRP), a yearlong, graduate-level course focused on research-based literacy instruction, has been extended. Faculty members at each of the eight state universities provide instruction at various sites across the state on topics such as Senate Bill 1 (2009), the Kentucky Core Academic Standards, formative assessments and college- and career-readiness. Teachers in [...]
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) offers History smArts, an art-related history lesson, to classrooms in grades 3-5. In History smArts, students will analyze historic images from the KHS collection, discuss what they see and do a fun, hands-on art activity. Students develop visual literacy, historical literacy and critical thinking skills. Activity options include artifact analysis and drawing, pioneer pastimes (making [...]
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference Nov. 6-7 at Dale Hollow State Resort Park near Burkesville. Workshop presenters will receive free conference registration and are paid a $175 honorarium for a 70-minute session or a $300 honorarium for a 135-minute session. All workshops will be presented on Nov. 7. The [...]
The Innovate to Mitigate project, funded by the National Science Foundation, invites middle school and high school students and student groups to participate in a competition to reduce climate change by coming up with ideas to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Students will compete for cash prizes in the two-phase competition. In round one, students are asked to submit [...]
The deadline for high school cooking teams to enter the 2015 Farm to School Junior Chef competition has been extended to March 12 due to winter weather. Kentucky students in grades 9-12 are eligible for the competition sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which is designed to offer youth the opportunity to learn valuable skills in recipe development, food [...]
Illustrative Mathematics, which shares resources for teachers and teacher leaders to give children an understanding of mathematics, has redesigned its website with additional resources online now for grades K-5. Resources for grades 6-8 will be coming soon. The site provides instructional and assessment tasks, lesson plans and other resources for teachers, assessment writers, and curriculum developers. Click here to visit [...]
LEAD-Kentucky uses an established national program as part of the effort to turn around low-performing schools, and it will be open to all schools later this year.