In an effort to increase youth readership, First Lady Jane Beshear announced her Top 10 Fall Reads as a part of the First Lady’s Reading Recommendations Initiative. Beshear introduced the Reading Recommendations program in the summer of 2009 and issues reading lists four times per year. 2011 Fall Reading List It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, by Charles M. Schulz [...]
The 2011 School Law Book supplement is now available. The supplement includes state laws enacted by the 2011 Kentucky General Assembly and relevant annotations, and is an addendum to the 2010 Kentucky School Law Book. The supplement includes a new section entitled “Kentucky School Laws – Quick Reference” to aid in the search for statutes by subject. It also is [...]
Discovery Education and the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation are challenging teachers to be involved in the fight against childhood obesity. The Find Your Balance Challenge brings grades K-5 teachers and students together to create an action plan that addresses energy balance needs in their school community. Designed to reward student teams for taking steps to achieve energy balance, the challenge’s [...]
MetaMetrics has launched a new Lexile website, complete with advanced features to enhance the users' online experience. The address for the site will remain the same, and the functionality will stay the same, but the website itself has received a “facelift.” Some of the new features: more accurate search results ability to rate books weighted searches based on user recommendations [...]
The Norton Center for the Arts has announced its 2011-12 Student Matinee Series. The series provides educators and students with opportunities to see musical, dance and dramatic performances. This year’s schedule includes performances by Japanese drummers, a Brazilian musical trio and a radio-play of the Lincoln-Douglas slavery debate and much more. The series includes educational resources and curriculum connections. For [...]
Coordinated School Health is one of many sponsors for the third annual Making Every Minute Count workshop. This workshop is scheduled for Oct. 28 in Georgetown, and the deadline to register is Oct. 17. Aaron Beighle and Heather Erwin, both with the University of Kentucky, will be presenting sessions on ways to add moderate to vigorous physical activity into the [...]
The 30th annual Kentucky Book Fair will host a Children’s Day on Friday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and admission is free for students. The Book Fair will be held at the Frankfort Convention Center. Students can meet and greet their favorite authors and have lunch on site. Bus parking is available. Authors such as Leigh Anne [...]
The Showcase of Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) returns for a sixth year in October with a message for teachers, parents, the public school system and students: “Community, Let’s Get Tough.” The 2011 theme for the annual event strives to hold all individuals accountable for their unique roles in the education of youth, particularly minority youth. […]
Effective Dec. 11, 2011, the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) history campus in downtown Frankfort will adopt a seasonal public schedule. The KHS history campus – which includes the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, the Old State Capitol and the Kentucky Military History Museum at the Old State Arsenal – will not be available to walk-in visitors from Dec. [...]
The Kentucky Arts Council’s Teacher Initiated Program (TIP) grant is for K-12 public or private schools. Teachers work with professional artists to apply for a residency that they create together based on the needs of their school/classroom. It is a match grant where the arts council pays two-thirds of the artist fee, and the school or district provides the remaining [...]