Recognizing the importance of cultivating today’s youth to be tomorrow’s leaders, the American Red Cross developed the “Young Minds Change Lives” educational scholarship program, which allows high schools to earn up to $2,500 in scholarship money while helping save patients’ lives by hosting blood drives with the Red Cross. The program is available for students who want to host a [...]
Students go to school to learn, make friends and gain invaluable experiences to take with them beyond the walls of a school building.
Richard Hall, an employee of Floyd County school district, has been selected as the 2010 National School Transportation Association (NSTA) first place winner in the School Bus Driver International Safety Competition held in St. Louis. In addition, the Floyd County school district was presented with an employer award for employing the first place winner in the small bus class competition. [...]
Longtime Boone County Board of Education member and former Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) President Charles “Ed” Massey is the new secretary-treasurer of the National School Boards Association (NSBA). Massey was chosen by members of the NSBA Delegate Assembly in voting recently on the eve of the 2010 NSBA national conference in Chicago. Massey’s nomination had been endorsed by the [...]
GIS, GPS tools guide students through surroundings By Susan Riddell susan.riddell@education.ky.gov Ever wondered why a certain plant is prominent in one part of your county but not another? Maybe you’re curious as to how urbanization and growth affect creeks and other bodies of water. Students are answering those types of questions thanks to Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning [...]
It started out as an idea to introduce students to critical thinking beyond what traditional textbooks and lessons offer. Now it’s a part of who they are.
Even 10 years ago, the phrase “less than a computer but more than a calculator” might have generated a collective shoulder shrug from students. But that was then, and this is now. Educator Mike Sexton envisions such devices as learning tools in the years to come.
Mason County Middle School offers learning in the great outdoors By Susan Riddell susan.riddell@education.ky.gov Science students at Mason County Middle School spent part of the 2009-10 school year learning outdoors. No field trip was required, however. Students stayed on campus and merely headed outside to woods nearby. Through grants from Toyota, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Carmeuse [...]
The National Teacher Registry is a new and free service for teachers and schools, public and private, preschool through college. The National Teacher Registry helps teachers get items they need and want for their classroom when there is no budget to purchase them. There are more than 40,000 items from multiple suppliers on the site and many more products are [...]
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has earned the support of the Pew Center on the States for a fourth year in its work to improve the educational and economic success of Kentucky by expanding access to quality preschool programs for more children in the state. The statewide organization has received a $200,000 grant from Pew, $25,000 of which is [...]