A workshop on standards-based grading and mastery learning led by mastery learning experts Thomas Guskey and Lee Ann Jung will be June 28-29 at NorthEast Christian Church in Lexington. “Implementing Mastery Learning: Personalizing Differentiated Instruction for ALL Students” will offer strategies that can allow teachers to better differentiate and individualize teaching and learning in their classrooms. The registration deadline is [...]
Gov. Matt Bevin has filmed a message for students who are taking K-PREP tests this year. Bevin encourages students by asking them to do three things: study, prepare and believe in themselves. Click here to watch the video.
The Kentucky Board of Education is accepting nominations for the 15th annual Joseph W. Kelly Award, which honors a businessperson who has offered outstanding leadership and service toward promoting school improvement and equity of educational opportunity for all Kentucky children. The award is named for Joseph W. Kelly, who served on the KBE from 1989 to 1998 and was board [...]
HipScience, an embedded sensor company, is making its Mantis STEM kits with sensor and associated curriculum available to at least 75 U.S. schools in 2016 through its STEM Advantage Program as part of the White House Science Fair kickoff and its STEM for All initiative. Each kit will include one Mantis sensor, along with curriculum specific to the sensor's purpose. [...]
Registration is open for the Kentucky Historical Society’s 2016 Kentucky History Education Conference June 23 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The theme of the conference for K-12 educators is “Taking a Stand in History.” There will be a keynote presentation from the Kentucky Humanities Council on its school programs, a Chautauqua performance of U.S. [...]
The University of Louisville will host a grant writing certificate program targeted to beginner or intermediate grants professionals working in education or for a nonprofit organization July 27-29 at its Shelby Campus in Louisville. “Grant Writing Certificate: Application Development and Funding,” led by Jefferson County Public Schools Director of Resource Development Rebecca Crump, will help participants develop the skills to [...]
A Hart County library media specialist was attracted to the idea of collaborating outside her school, but she wasn’t interested in taking the easy way out.
Thirteen Kentucky public school teachers have been selected to participate in the 2016 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators program. The program, which is in its fourth year, honors tech-savvy K-12 educators from across the country who serve as leaders in the use of educational technology and incorporation of digital media into their classrooms. Educators were selected based on videos and written essays [...]
To support educators with the effective implementation of the literacy and mathematical standards, the Kentucky Department of Education will provide regularly scheduled community meetings via Skype focusing on the resources, tools and frameworks of the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematical Design Collaborative (MDC). The next meetings for each community, with links for more information, are: Literacy Design Collaborative, [...]
The Kentucky Storytelling Conference is accepting workshop proposals on any aspect of storytelling for the conference Nov. 4-5 at the Pike County Public Library District’s Lee Avenue Branch in Pikeville. Workshop presenters will receive free conference registration and are paid a $175 honorarium for a 70-minute session or a $300 honorarium for a 135-minute session. The submission deadline is May [...]