Applications are being accepted for the Purchase Area Literacy Academy at Murray State University’s summer academy July 10-21 for teachers in grades 5-12. The academy is open to teachers in all content areas. Click here for more information.
The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington has launched a new website that includes new resources available from its education office. The Native Knowledge 360 page is a starting point for the museum’s national initiative to inspire and promote improvement of teaching and learning about American Indians. A new removal lesson includes modules designed for use by grades [...]
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education and Xavier University will offer the Roma and Sam Kaltman Holocaust Studies for Educators institute June 19-23 at the center in Cincinnati. The institute provides teachers with knowledge and resources to effectively teach the Holocaust in the classroom. The course features local, national and international scholars and experts in the fields of Holocaust, [...]
Nominations are open for the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education’s 2017 Excellence in EE Awards, which recognize the outstanding achievements of individuals, organizations, agencies, schools and businesses in the field of environmental education. The nomination deadline is July 16.
Teaching Climate Change and Forest Ecology, an outdoor workshop for teachers, will be held May 20 at Graining Fork Nature Preserve near Slade. The workshop, presented by the Morehead State University Center for Environmental Education, the Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education and the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, supplies hands-on activities, addresses climate change misconceptions, initiates lesson plan development [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education will host two work sessions related to the through-course task (TCT) component of its new science assessment system. The Field Test Student Work Review/Task Update work session will be offered June 6-7 at the 300 Building in Frankfort. This session will include analysis and annotation of student work copies, as well as modifications to the [...]
Registration is open for the Let’s TALK: Conversations About Effective Teaching conference June 12-13 at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School in Lexington. The conference is targeted to teachers, principals, administrators, paraprofessionals, instructional assistants and aides; instructional leaders with teams of teachers, pre-service teachers and those in higher education. The conference, presented by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), the Kentucky [...]
Ashley Judd, a 1st-grade teacher at Tyner Elementary School (Jackson County), has been selected as Kentucky’s 2017 PBS Digital Innovator. Judd is one of 51 educators from across the country – representing each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia – selected in the fifth annual PBS Digital Innovators program. The program, sponsored by PBS LearningMedia, recognizes classroom [...]
Students' work was on display last week at the Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools and Kentucky National Energy Education Development Project Youth Summit and Awards Luncheon at Frankfort Convention Center.
The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education will host at Outdoor Learning Symposium June 15 at Kit Carson Elementary School in Richmond. The free event for K-12 teacher-administrator teams will examine whether school grounds can serve a broad function as interdisciplinary educational resources to extend the classroom outdoors. The registration deadline is June 9. Click here for more information.