Last year, the first competition was held for the National History Bee, sponsored by the History Channel and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The competition is a three-stage event consisting of a writing performance, buzzer competition and national championship. According to Eric Huff, director of operations for National History Bee, Kentucky had the lowest number of participants nationally in the competition last [...]
Teachers can now register students for the fall Stock Market Game programs/competitions. A few changes have been made to the programs this school year. They include Take Stock in Kentucky only being open to elementary and middle school students. The 10-week Stock Market Game and Year Long programs, however, are open to all grade levels. The Year-Long SMG fee is [...]
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) scholarly research fellowship program encourages and promotes research on all aspects of Kentucky history. Fellowships are designed to assist researchers with travel and living expenses while using the KHS research collections. All applications are peer-reviewed by a panel of leading historians. Awards are based on the significance of the proposed research and on the anticipated [...]
The Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park is providing transportation grants of up to $500 to enable children to visit the park who may otherwise not have the opportunity. The first two transportation grant recipients are T. C. Cherry Elementary (Warren County) and Whitney Young Elementary (Jefferson County). Each school will plan individual visits to the park later in the [...]
The National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA’s) fall area conference on science education will take place in Louisville Oct. 18-20. During the conference professional development experts will work with science educators interested in new learning, better teaching, fresh content and strategies that build student performance. Participants will be able to take advantage of nearly 400 session choices for teachers in every [...]
The Kentucky Writing Project's Fall 2012 Conference on Schoolwide Literacy will be Sept. 8 at the University of Louisville. Registration is $75 through Aug. 25 and $100 after Aug. 25. Six hours of professional development credit is available. Special price for pre-service and new teachers is $25. Sessions are geared for K-12 teachers in all content areas with special strands [...]
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Engineering Scholarship information is available here. Additional information can be found at the following links: KYTC Scholarship Application (PDF) KYTC Scholarship Fact Sheet (MS Excel) For more information, contact Melinda Curless, STEM Initiatives Consultant for the Kentucky Department of Education, at (502)-564-2106 or melinda.curless@education.ky.gov.
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) has received a $178,000 Landmarks of American History and Culture grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The funds will be used by KHS to host two weeklong teacher workshops called “Torn Within, Threatened Without: Kentucky and the Border States in Civil War America,” in the summer of 2013. These workshops will enable [...]
The Kentucky Board of Nursing will be holding public meetings to receive comments related to medication administration by unlicensed personnel, particularly the administration of insulin to school children by unlicensed school personnel. Comments may be submitted via e-mail at uap.taskforce@ky.gov, in writing at each public meeting or by mail to: Sharon Eli Mercer, MSN,RN Nursing Practice Consultant Kentucky Board of [...]
The Kentucky Press Association (KPA) is offering its annual book giveaway this fall. KPA encourages teachers, principals and librarians to contact their local newspaper publishers and ask if they are participating in the 2012 KPA Literacy Project and ask how their schools can join. This year’s story, Unleashed, is written by Kentucky author Leigh Anne Florence and illustrated by Chris [...]
