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New NSBA publication helps school leaders foster family engagement

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 [...]

By |2019-03-05T11:33:11-05:00October 13, 2011|

‘Making Every Minute Count’ workshop

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 [...]

By |2020-09-24T09:49:28-04:00September 15, 2011|

Great by 8 statewide summit June 21-22

Great by 8, a statewide initiative to educate and engage local communities to improve economic growth through advocacy for early education, is hosting a statewide summit June 21-22 in Louisville. The goal of Great by 8 is to expand and strengthen support to programs and services for Kentucky’s children from birth through age 8. The effort emphasizes building leadership capacity [...]

By |2011-06-16T09:57:33-04:00June 16, 2011|

Viewing dates extended in Louisville for documentary

The film, Forks Over Knives, the new documentary film showing the relationship between diet and disease prevention, has been held over for several more weeks at the Village 8 Theater on Dutchmans Lane in Louisville. Teachers can view the film for $3. Rep. Tom Riner, co-chair of the state Childhood Obesity Task Force, encourages educators to view this film featuring [...]

By |2011-06-15T13:37:52-04:00June 16, 2011|

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) publishes Kentucky Teacher to communicate directly with the state’s 40,000 public school teachers. The stories of this award-winning publication include news, perspectives, and practical, workable ideas for guiding students to higher levels of achievement.

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