The second Mission US game, Mission 2: Flight to Freedom, has launched. In Mission 2, players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old slave in Kentucky. As they navigate her escape and journey to Ohio, they discover that life in the “free” north is dangerous and difficult. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act brings disaster. Will Lucy ever truly [...]
Digital Learning Day is Wednesday, Feb. 1, and it culminates a year-round national awareness campaign to improve teaching and learning for all children. Digital learning is any instructional practice that is effectively using technology to strengthen the student learning experience. Digital learning encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practice, including using online and formative assessment; increasing focus and quality of teaching [...]
A series of three student workbooks highlighting general issues of bullying and the specific issues of those who are bullied and those who bully is available at www.textercise.co.uk/books/bullying-series. Other materials are available at www.textercisebooks.co.uk.
Educators now have a new tool to help fight rising high school dropout rates in Kentucky and encourage students to stay in school and plan for their future careers. Forward in the Fifth and the Center for Rural Development are launching a new dropout prevention video and discussion guide, the “Stay in School Toolkit,” which shares candid stories of eight [...]
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, [...]
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) has unveiled Family as Partners: Fostering Family Engagement for Healthy and Successful Students, a resource to help school leaders effectively engage families in schools, particularly around school health issues. Families as Partners includes an overview of family engagement in schools as well as guidance, strategies and resources for developing and implementing successful family engagement [...]
The American Museum of Natural History’s “The Horse” will be on exhibit at the Kentucky Horse Park Oct. 22, 2011, through Apr. 6, 2012. The comprehensive exhibit aims to educate classes on all aspects of the horse, from its biology to its impact on society. This exhibition is ideal for 3rd- through 12th-grade science teachers and directly correlates with much [...]
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has free resources for personal finance teachers that are interactive, engaging resources. Resources include online courses on personal finance topics, such as responsible use of credit, credit reports, income and taxes, saving and budgeting, and the Federal Reserve System. Podcasts, interactive whiteboard applications and lesson plans also are available. Teachers may register as [...]
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 [...]
An educational poster, Kentucky Landscapes through Geologic Time, is a 40- x 36-inch poster with a section for each of the major periods of geologic time, stretching back nearly 500 million years to the Ordovician Period. The inspiration for this poster came from Chris Scotese of the University of Texas at Arlington. The website www.scotese.com illustrates the position of the [...]