Starting them off global
In our current knowledge economy, knowing information is useless unless you can do something with that knowledge.
Why 90 percent+ is our goal
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages recommends language educators and their students spend at least 90 percent of class time communicating in the language being studied. This task may seem daunting, but I have seen its impact.
Roush, Byrd receive top KWLA awards
Franklin County Principal Greg Roush and UK Assistant Professor Brenna Byrd get top honors at Kentucky World Language Association meeting.
Expand your horizons with a global professional learning experiences
Have you ever wanted to travel internationally to help build the awareness and skills to introduce other cultures into your classroom?
UK math department hosting program for high school girls
The University of Kentucky Department of Mathematics will host its 2016 High School Math Day for Women on Oct. 29. The program features hands-on activities, games and talks for female high school students and their teachers (both men and women). Its purpose is to introduce new and exciting mathematics and applications of mathematics. There also will be an optional problem-solving [...]
Kentucky’s K-16 Chinese language programs
The Kentucky Association of Chinese Language Teachers is the only professional organization of its kind to serve the interests and needs of Kentucky’s teachers of Chinese at all level of instruction, in both public and private schools.
KCM presents free professional learning for primary teachers
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics is offering a free professional learning event, “Foundations for Primary Grades,” for teachers in grades K-3 beginning Nov. 3 at Lee County High School in Beattyville. “Foundations for Primary Grades” cohorts are professional learning communities that grow K-3 teachers’ understanding of early numeracy development and improve their ability to establish a strong foundation in students [...]
A new kind of library
By Bobby Ellis bobby.ellis@education.ky.gov There aren’t many libraries that can claim to have a giant wall of computer monitors, a green screen, an aquaponics lab and a slide going from the second to first floor, but the one at Eminence Independent certainly can. […]
Seminar offered on making math and science accessible for the blind
A free science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) consortium on making mathematics and science accessible for blind students will be held in conjunction with the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual meeting at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Louisville. The meeting will feature a series of presentations on issues related to the development and delivery of [...]
NGSS student work rubrics released
SCALE and the Literacy Design Collaborative have released a set of Next Generation Science Standards-aligned student work rubrics for K-12.