Teachers from Nelson and Rowan counties were honored by the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) as two of its six Excellence in Environmental Education Awards. Kathy Miller, a 2nd- and 3rd-grade teacher at Cox’s Creek Elementary School (Nelson County), was named the first winner of the Mary Kathryn Dickerson Outstanding Educator of the Year award. Jennifer Pecco, a 6th-grade [...]
The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) is giving teachers the opportunity to study in Scotland June 23-July 8, 2017, and to earn college credit hours in a variety of subjects. The two-week program offers classes that explore various aspects of Scotland’s past and present and includes visits to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands. Participants can earn graduate or undergraduate [...]
The American Geosciences Institute/ExxonMobil Exploration Teacher Leadership Academies is recruiting teachers for its annual institute next summer in Houston. Two week-long academies – one June 19-24 for teachers in grades K-5 and one July 17-22 for middle school teachers – help prepare a cadre of teachers to share key ideas in the geosciences with their colleagues, students and others. Participants [...]
A free science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) consortium on making mathematics and science accessible for blind students will be held in conjunction with the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual meeting at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 at the Hyatt Regency Louisville. The meeting will feature a series of presentations on issues related to the development and delivery of [...]
The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) is accepting proposals for its annual conference, KySTE 2017, which will be March 8-10 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Presentations may be in a basic or hands-on format and may cover various strands, including technical, instructional, leadership and library/media. Presenters also may choose to present on an introductory, intermediate or [...]
AdvertiseMint is offering a $2,500 scholarship for creative students who show entrepreneurial characteristics. The contest, which is open to students ages 18-25 who are enrolled in an accredited high school or college, requires students to create a video pitch for a company they would like to start. The entry deadline is Dec. 31. Click here for more information.
A Fayette County elementary teacher has been honored by Lexmark International Inc. with the company’s first Educating Excellence award of the 2016-17 school year.
Keith Lindsay, a 5th-grade social studies and language arts teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass (Fayette County), is among 10 Platypus Award winners honored by Mental Floss magazine.Photo submitted Keith Lindsay, a 5th-grade social studies and language arts teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass, is among [...]
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Sixteen Kentucky schools have been named winners of the National Healthy Schools Award by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The awards were announced recently by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national organization founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation whose goal is to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower children to [...]