The Smithsonian's Shout webinar series, which offers K-12 and higher-ed educators multi-dimensional resources to expand their environmental curriculum, features more than 20 sessions led by Smithsonian experts from both the arts and sciences, giving participants a global view of the issues associated with our most critical natural resource: water. During the sessions, participants will have the opportunity to interact with [...]
Richard Dodson, assistant professor at Murray State University, is conducting research on the effect No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has had on performing arts education in Kentucky schools since its enactment in January 2002. The study also will focus on what Kentucky performing arts educators believe will happen for their programs as a result of Kentucky’s recent waiver from NCLB. [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education has partnered with the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts since 2000 to provide Arts Academies. This year, the partnership continues with two Next Generation Academies (NGA): NGA for Integration of the Arts and World Languages (Spanish, Chinese and NEW this year – French) NGA for Integration of the Arts and Emergent & Early Literacy (NEW [...]
The workshop, "Navigating Wildcat Turf: Conducting Research at the University of Kentucky," will be held this Saturday, March 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 1: 30 p.m. ET at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The workshop will be led by Kentucky Historical Society senior librarian and reference specialist Cheri Daniels. Daniels will review resources available to [...]
The State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children will host an open public forum March 15 at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park. Parents, children and families are invited to attend this forum to discuss topics related to services for exceptional children. Opinions from the forum will help the panel make recommendations to the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) on policy initiatives. [...]
Kentucky adults considering returning to college have a free resource to help them make decisions about higher education. Adults Returning to School is published by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA), the state agency that administers Kentucky student financial aid programs and provides college planning materials. The book provides information about entrance exams, financial aid programs and Kentucky colleges [...]
The Junior Duck Stamp Design Contest is the culmination of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Junior Duck Stamp educational program. After studying waterfowl anatomy and habitat, students may demonstrate their knowledge by drawing, painting or sketching a picture of an eligible North American waterfowl species. K-12 students attending public, private or home schools are eligible to enter. Students from around [...]
Applications are being accepted for the 2012 Promising Practices in Character Education Program, sponsored by the Character Education Partnership (CEP). CEP looks for a wide variety of practices that successfully promote character education among youth, and the group recognizes them annually as Promising Practices. The deadline to apply is March 1.
Education Cabinet Secretary Joseph U. Meyer is asking superintendents to complete a brief survey as part of a High School Outreach Initiative with the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board. Please complete the survey by Monday, February 20. To access the survey, please go to the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KHTJD3L. For further information, please contact Melisa Quillen at MelissaW.Quillen@ky.gov.
Initiated in 1998 by the Kentucky Oral History Commission (KOHC), the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Oral History Project continues to provide resources to Kentuckians and teachers in the form of an online database and the documentary Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky. The original oral history project documented the civil rights movement in Kentucky through interviews [...]