The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is distributing free surplus copies of the 2011 official highway map to Kentucky classrooms. These maps may be used in a variety of ways, including augmenting teaching methods, or they may simply be given to students. In order to receive map copies, teachers should send their name, school, address, county and number of maps requested to [...]
Dr. Jim Martin, a veterinarian at Locust Trace AgriScience Center Veterinary Clinic (Fayette County), won second place in the Inspiration in Action veterinary contest recently. He will receive $5,000 toward his project to help Fayette County school district high school students achieve aspirations of becoming veterinarians. Prize money from the Inspiration in Action contest will be used to provide outstanding [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will hold Program Review Technical Assistance trainings Feb. 14-17 from 9 a.m. to noon on the following dates and at the designated locations: Feb. 14 - Barren River State Resort Park and NorthEast Christian Church, Lexington Feb. 15 - Bruce Convention Center, Hopkinsville and Corbin Center for Technology and Activities, Corbin Feb. 16 - [...]
Digital Learning Day is Wednesday, Feb. 1, and it culminates a year-round national awareness campaign to improve teaching and learning for all children. Digital learning is any instructional practice that is effectively using technology to strengthen the student learning experience. Digital learning encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practice, including using online and formative assessment; increasing focus and quality of teaching [...]
Researchers at the University of Kentucky are conducting a study on the types of education services that a child with autism receives in school. This approximately 30-minute phone survey will ask parents about services their child receives in the public school, how often they may receive it and the satisfaction with that service. Additionally, parents can voluntarily share their child's [...]
The Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service (KCCVS) is seeking nominations for the 2011 Governor’s Awards for Volunteerism and Service. There are 13 award categories, including the First Lady’s Award, which recognizes a Kentuckian who has gone out of his or her way to assist youth in their efforts to graduate from high school. This may have been done [...]
In an effort to highlight exemplary practices in Kentucky’s alternative education programs, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is offering, for the second year, is asking superintendents to nominate A5 or A6 programs in their districts that meet the criteria to be designated as a Best Practice Site. Using criteria developed by KDE’s Alternative Education Advisory Committee, each superintendent will be able to [...]
The University of Kentucky College of Engineering will host its annual Engineers Day open house on Feb. 25 on the Lexington campus from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, or UK’s Extended Campus Program at Paducah from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST. Engineer’s Day is open to all elementary, middle and high school students and their parents and friends. [...]
The Kentucky School Counselor Association (KSCA) is accepting nominations for outstanding Elementary, Middle and High School Counselor of the Year. KSCA also is taking nominations for Principal of the Year. To complete an online nomination form, go to www.kyschoolcounselor.org.
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are due by March 1 for the annual selections, which are [...]