Sara Francis, who leads the orchestra at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School (Fayette County), has been named the 2016 Outstanding Director by the Kentucky chapter of the American String Teachers Association. The honor goes to a K-12 ensemble director who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and leadership. Francis has taught orchestra in Fayette County Public Schools for 14 years, including [...]
Lula Jean Thompson Burton, an elementary school guidance counselor at Eubank Elementary School (Pulaski County) was named the Mid-Cumberland Counselor of the Year by the Mid-Cumberland Counseling Organization. Photo submitted Lula Jean Thompson Burton, an elementary school guidance counselor at Eubank Elementary School (Pulaski County), has been named the Mid-Cumberland Counselor of the Year by the Mid-Cumberland Counseling [...]
Freshman girls in Kenton County who might have taken a back seat in male-dominated engineering classes are thriving in a new career academy designed just for them.
The U.S. Department of Education wants to personally thank a number of teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week May 2-6 and is looking for recommendations on whom to recognize. The only criteria is that the teacher should be someone whom you think deserves thanks. Click here to tell USED about a teacher you want to highlight and provide some details about [...]
The Kentucky Historical Society and the University of Kentucky College of Education will conduct a short professional learning workshop for social studies teachers and other interested educators April 29 on the UK campus in Lexington. The 90-minute workshop, “Taking a Stand in History,” will have one session on the key elements of the inquiry design model and one session on [...]
The American Association of University Women Bluegrass Central Branch and Kentucky State University will host an AAUW National Tech Savvy program May 21 on the KSU campus in Frankfort. The daylong program for girls in grades 6-9 is designed to show girls how studying in STEM fields can lead to careers. Female professionals in STEM fields will lead workshops and [...]
More than half of the student body at Spencer County Middle School has been drawn to an after-school program that they helped build.
The Kentucky Youth Storytelling competition, a statewide effort to develop, encourage and highlight the talent of young storytellers, is open to children ages 7-17. Video entries of a solo storyteller or a tandem team telling a single story should be submitted on DVD or via an electronic link. Winners will receive a $100 cash prize, a one-year membership in the [...]
The Southern Regional Education Board will host its annual High Schools That Work staff development conference July 13-16 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville. The conference is designed for K-12 teachers, principals, counselors and district leaders. It will feature more than 500 presentations, best practices and panel discussions centered around literacy and math strategies, career pathways in high-demand [...]
The Kentucky Bar Association and Northern Kentucky University will host “Why Choose Law: Diversity Matters” on June 16-17 on the NKU campus in Highland Heights. The program is geared toward high school juniors and seniors from groups that typically are underrepresented in law school classes. It is designed to encourage these students to become lawyers and to practice in Kentucky [...]