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. [...]
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed a proclamation designating February as "Earthquake Awareness Month" in Kentucky. The "Earthquake Awareness and Great ShakeOut" instructional unit is a tool providing teachers with an opportunity to educate students and families on how to prepare, protect and recover from earthquakes. This instructional unit is free and available for download here. In conjunction with the school unit, [...]
StageLab is offering a professional development session for teachers this Monday, Jan. 16 that will focus on the elements of drama and how they connect to the new English/language arts standards. The session, which is open drama teachers of all experience levels, will be in Louisville from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $100. Six hours of professional development credit are [...]
The Kentucky School Counselor Association (KSCA) is accepting nominations for outstanding Elementary, Middle and High School Counselor of the Year. KSCA also is taking nominations for Principal of the Year. To complete an online nomination form, go to www.kyschoolcounselor.org.
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are due by March 1 for the annual selections, which are [...]
The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) is an annual competition that provides high school students the opportunity to work on real-world engineering challenges in a team environment. Student teams are asked to address a challenge that confronts the nation's leading industries, use professional engineering software to develop their solutions and generate presentations that convincingly demonstrate the value of their solutions. [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) invites teachers, administrators, district staff, parents and other education stakeholders to submit questions for Commissioner Terry Holliday's second Twitter Town Hall Thursday, Jan. 19 from 4-5 p.m. ET. The Twitter Town Hall topics will be the 2012 General Assembly and KDE’s legislative agenda. Questions can be tweeted both before Jan. 19 and during the [...]
Kentucky students in grades 6-8 are eligible to participate in the Kentucky Saves Week poster contest sponsored by the Kentucky Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. A winner from each grade level will receive a $50 U.S. savings bond. A selection of student artwork will be displayed during Kentucky Saves Week, Feb. 19-26, 2012. Classes and groups are welcome to [...]
The Digging Deeper for the Gold workshop is scheduled for Dec. 10 in Frankfort. At this workshop, Deborah Lord Campisano will offer advice for determining a research objective and preparing a research strategy for solving family history mysteries. Case study examples will illustrate methods for getting the most from census records and court records including wills, administrations, court minutes, land [...]