UK debuts EcoLink newsletter
The University of Kentucky’s Ecological Research and Education Center has a new semi-annual newsletter called EcoLink.
UK event shows high school girls it’s OK to love math
Students and their teachers learned about the possibilities for girls who are interested in mathematics with activities at the High School Mathematics Day for Women.
UK hosting math event for high school girls
High School Mathematics Day for Women will be held Nov. 7 on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. This free event is designed to introduce female high school students to the options available to those who study mathematics and to introduce them to mathematics outside the standard high school curriculum. The event is open to girls in grades 9-12, [...]
Course offered for teachers interested in NBPTS certification
A course for teachers interested in becoming certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) will be offered this spring through the University of Kentucky. Lisa Krause, an assistant professor in UK’s Department of STEM Education, will teach the course, which will meet on Tuesday evenings from May 12-June 9 and will have additional online components. The course [...]
Essay and slogan contest promotes civic awareness
Students in grades 6 through 12 can get in the spirit of the election season by entering the annual Secretary of State Essay and Slogan Contest. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes encourages all eligible students to enter the contest, which is designed to expand civic awareness of students who will soon be eligible to vote. Students in 6th to [...]
KySTE Fall Event schedule released
The schedule for the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education’s Fall Event is now available. Digital Transformation is the theme of the event, held in partnership with the University of Kentucky. Among the sessions: Why 1-1?/Leading in a 1:1 Environment What KASA Can do for the CIO/DTC: A Roundtable Discussion Kentucky Educators and Twitter: A Match Made in 140-Character Heaven [...]
Old dwellings bring new understanding of world
A weeklong academy teaches educators how Project Archaeology’s Investigating Shelter curriculum can engage students by giving them the tools to become “nosy people.”
Partnerships are critical
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday I want to give a “shout out” to one of our university partners. I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a group of K-12 and higher education educators at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Education P20 Innovation Lab meeting. UK College of Education Dean Mary John O’Hair started the P20 Innovation [...]
UK offers standards-based grading workshop this summer
This summer the University of Kentucky's College of Education is sponsoring a two-day workshop on standards-based grading. Tom Guskey, Gerry Swan and Lee Ann Jung will be leading the workshop, which will take place June 30-July 1 in Lexington. Find more information at http://p20.education.uky.edu/summer-institute/.
Girls, summer and science
Nineteen high school girls spent a week this summer at the University of Kentucky exploring the world of underwater robotics at an aquabots day camp. The aquabots are similar to the ones found in many Kentucky LEGO robotics programs, except they work in a pool of water instead of on land.