Shelby County Public Schools engineering teacher named robotics coach of the year
Laura Smith, the Shelby County Public Schools engineering teacher, has been named Kentucky’s VEX Coach of the Year. She has been the team’s coach since 2016.
Laura Smith, the Shelby County Public Schools engineering teacher, has been named Kentucky’s VEX Coach of the Year. She has been the team’s coach since 2016.
Fidget button jewelry, a project three juniors at Elkhorn Crossing School (Scott County) – Kate Schindler, Jayca Justice, and Sophie Risher – presented during the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM State Competition, was created to help students relieve their anxiety.
To support STEM education, the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) Lt. Governors’ STEM Scholarship Program will award up to $1,000 to 12 schools in 12 states and territories to support STEM-related programming, projects, equipment, curriculum and other endeavors. The application period is open until March 15, and scholarship applications are welcome from pre-K – 12th grade.
Lee always dreamed of following in the footsteps of her mom, who retired after the 2021-2022 school year and is now a response to intervention teacher at Lewisburg Elementary School (Logan County). Today, Lee is living out her dream as a teacher at LaRue County Middle School (LCMS).
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has been helping districts with digital learning coaches, spending $3.2 million dollars of funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund to either help districts hire digital learning coaches or supplement what they have already been doing.
Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., these professional development opportunities provide educators of all disciplines with resources and strategies to effectively integrate primary sources into K-12 classroom teaching.
Students from all over the state gathered at the Kentucky State Capitol on Sept. 19 for an opportunity to present their computer science projects to legislators.
It is imperative that we ensure our students have the knowledge and skills needed to be competitive in this changing economy. Understanding how technology is affecting us in the present and how our schools have to adapt quickly to those changes is not easy, but we have to do it.
Applications are being accepted for the Technology Standards Review and Development Committees and Advisory Panels.
Ohio County began January with another bright yellow bus in the district transportation garage thanks to the efforts of a high school robotics class. But this refurbished school bus is not like all the others; it’s a 3-foot long, eyelash-blinking, talking miniature bus named Buster.