The application deadline for the 2012-13 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships is Dec. 5. Placement opportunities are available in congressional offices and 15 executive branch agencies. The five fellowship areas offered for September 2012 through August 2013 are congressional; diplomacy, security and development; energy, environment and agriculture; health, education and human services; and Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship. [...]
Forward in the Fifth – a nonprofit organization created in 1986 by U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) to reverse southern and eastern Kentucky’s low educational attainment levels – will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Nov. 7 in Hazard with an awards luncheon and Unbridled Learning Educational Summit. Educators, business leaders, parents and students from across the region will meet [...]
Letters About Literature (LAL), a national reading and writing promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, invites young readers in grades 4-12 to enter this year’s LAL letter-writing competition. The contest challenges young readers to write a personal letters of reflection to authors that have changed their view of the world. LAL awards prizes [...]
Kentucky’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) begins Nov. 7 and provides financial assistance toward utility bills or the purchase of bulk heating sources such as propane, kerosene, wood, coal and other fuels. Schools can help spread the word about LIHEAP by sharing information in parent newsletters, backpack messages and through other means. For more information, contact Kate Haydon [...]
The Kentucky Improving Schools and Districts Productivity Conference will be Nov. 10 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Louisville. For more information, contact David Cook.
The Kentucky Theater Association’s annual Professional Development Day, which is designed for teachers with all levels of experience teaching drama, is scheduled for Nov. 12. KTA’s Professional Development Day is held in conjunction with its annual conference, which features a high school one-act play festival, a community theater play festival and auditions for performers seeking acting opportunities around the country. [...]
High school students are invited to produce a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) about the perils of prescription drug abuse for the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention PSA contest sponsored by the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General. The contest is part of the Keep Kentucky Kids Safe statewide public awareness and education initiative. The first-place winner of the contest will [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an award program aimed at recognizing outstanding environmental education teachers. The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Program, which will be implemented through a partnership between the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and EPA, recognizes outstanding K-12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as [...]
The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) and the Knowledge Center on Deafness are sponsoring an art contest for all deaf and hard of hearing K-12 students in Kentucky. Students can design a visual image or write poetry that will be connected to a fiberglass horse, similar to the ones done at DeaFestival 2002 and 2010. [...]
The Kentucky Board of Education is accepting nominations for the Dr. Johnnie Grissom Award, which honors a Kentuckian or a Kentucky organization for outstanding dedication to improving student achievement and for closing the achievement gap; and for the Joseph W. Kelly Award, which honors a businessperson who has offered outstanding leadership and service toward promoting school improvement and equity of [...]