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Kentucky Teacher looking for outstanding leaders

Kentucky Teacher is looking to profile outstanding leaders in Kentucky’s public school districts. If you know of an excellent district staff member who has innovative ideas, strong leadership qualities and a passion for helping students become college and career ready, e-mail the following information to Susan Riddell: nominee’s name, position, school and district contact information for nominee examples of how [...]

By |2012-01-10T08:20:33-05:00August 25, 2011|

Rodriguez named Kentucky Teacher editor

Nancy Rodriguez will join Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Communications and Community Engagement staff as the new editor of Kentucky Teacher. Rodriguez has served as P-12 and higher education reporter for the Courier-Journal for nearly 10 years. She holds a master’s degree in communications and has extensive skills in editing, writing and information-gathering. Rodriguez will begin her new duties [...]

By |2011-08-17T08:27:10-04:00August 18, 2011|

Kentucky receives two awards

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) awarded Kentucky two education awards earlier this month. One was the inaugural John I. Wilson Leadership for Learning Award for the state’s Content Leadership Networks and Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS). The award honors John Wilson, National Education Association executive director, and founding member of P21 who is retiring this year. The [...]

By |2011-08-03T09:56:01-04:00August 4, 2011|

Next Generation Science Education Standards

The Conceptual Framework for the Next Generation Science Education Standards was released Tuesday, July 19, by the National Academies. It is available to download or read online for free at www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165. This document is not a set of standards. Rather, it is the conceptual framework from which the new science standards will be created. Schools are cautioned to make only [...]

By |2011-07-20T13:00:35-04:00July 21, 2011|

Common Core Academic Standards video on KDE website

All Eyes on Kentucky, a video related to the Common Core Academic Standards and produced by the School Improvement Network, can be accessed through the Unbridled Learning page on the Kentucky Department of Education website. Kentucky was the first of 42 states to adopt the Common Core Academic Standards in English/language arts and mathematics.

By |2020-08-25T15:39:27-04:00July 14, 2011|

Viewing dates extended in Louisville for documentary

The film, Forks Over Knives, the new documentary film showing the relationship between diet and disease prevention, has been held over for several more weeks at the Village 8 Theater on Dutchmans Lane in Louisville. Teachers can view the film for $3. Rep. Tom Riner, co-chair of the state Childhood Obesity Task Force, encourages educators to view this film featuring [...]

By |2011-06-15T13:37:52-04:00June 16, 2011|

KCTM is seeking nominations for offices

The Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics (KCTM) is seeking nominations for the positions of treasurer, elementary vice-president and college vice-president. Teachers elected to these positions will serve for two years beginning in January 2012, and they will be invited to the fall 2011 meeting in November to become oriented with their new positions. Persons holding these positions also will [...]

By |2011-06-15T13:40:24-04:00June 16, 2011|

‘Food for Thought: Every Seed has a Story’

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will host Food for Thought: Every Seed has a Story with Deborah Larkin June 15 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The heirloom vegetables, herbs and flowers that people eat, savor and enjoy each come with unique histories. Larkin, a specialist in heirloom plants and their traditional uses, will share [...]

By |2011-06-01T15:53:06-04:00June 2, 2011|

Blue Star Museums

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will participate in Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to veterans and active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 30, through Labor Day, Sept. 5, 2011. This will include access [...]

By |2011-06-01T15:49:43-04:00June 2, 2011|

Education materials sale

An “Everything for Educators Consignment Sale” will be held from July 26-30 at the Fern Creek Fire Department in Louisville. The sale is free to attend and open to all educators, K-12 classroom teachers, homeschool families and Pre-K teachers who could use a few materials. The sale also is looking for unused teaching supplies, possibly from retiring teachers or those [...]

By |2020-09-08T10:15:56-04:00May 19, 2011|
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