Schools in eastern and western Kentucky may request funding for arts in education programs through the Delta Dental Making Smiles Happen Arts in Education Initiative. The program, which provided enriching arts experiences for 17,500 students in eastern Kentucky and Jefferson County in its first year, has been expanded to provide arts in education programs for an estimated 10,000 additional students [...]
Registration is open for the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education’s (KySTE) annual spring conference March 8-10 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Nearly 2,000 information technology leaders, technicians, tech resource/integration specialists, classroom teachers, administrators, library media specialists, exhibitors and other education professionals are expected to attend the event, billed as the largest education technology conference in the south-central [...]
Forensic Outreach will hold a forensic science conference for high school students April 4 in New York. “On the Front Line: New Frontiers in Forensics, Crime and Security,” also known as FrontLineCon, was held in London earlier this year and is making its U.S. debut. Students will be able to see the science behind true crime brought to life by [...]
Megan Rust, a 5th-grade student at River Ridge Elementary School (Kenton County), won the computer assisted division of the 2016 National School Bus Safety Poster Contest with this entry.Photo submitted Megan Rust, a 5th-grade student at River Ridge Elementary School (Kenton County), has been named a winner in the 2016 National School Bus Safety Poster Contest. Rust won [...]
Students at Eastern and Bullitt East high schools are learning skills they can use in college and careers in the High School of Business program.
The Privacy Technical Assistance Center, a service of the U.S. Department of Education, has produced an informational video about sending student information by email. “Email and Student Privacy” provides technical and common sense advice to help keep student information safe.
Murray State University is accepting applications for its doctor of arts in English pedagogy program, a degree that fosters the development of master English educators from elementary through college levels. The program may be completed in as few as three years and is available on campus or online. The degree is a 48-hour, practice-based degree that embeds advanced coursework in [...]
Clark County Area Technology Center and a Winchester manufacturer have teamed up to expose students to the possibilities in a manufacturing career.
A Warren County teacher is participating in a program that will help develop materials and resources for STEM classrooms.
The Kentucky Environmental Education Council (KEEC) has been awarded a $91,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to train teachers about water-quality education and fund student water stewardship projects in the state through the Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools (KGHS) program. The grant will support teacher training in scientific concepts about water. It also will allow the KGHS program [...]