Students are invited to participate in the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet’s 2015 Public Service Recognition Poster Contest, which is held in conjunction with Public Service Recognition Week, Oct. 4-10. Students’ entries should be based on the theme, “Great People Doing Great Jobs,” and will be judged in three categories: Ages 6-9 Ages 10-13 Ages 14-18 Winners receive $100 and an invitation [...]
The state’s top alternative programs are doing all they can to help students graduate college- and career-ready and to change the perception of alternative programs.
The Green Apple Day of Service on Sept. 26 gives teachers, students, parents, companies and local organizations the opportunity to transform all schools into healthy, safe and productive learning environments through local service projects. The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council is the organization behind the Green Apple movement, working to ensure that every student has [...]
Kentucky teachers in grades 3-12 are invited to apply for a free residential experience at George Washington’s Mount Vernon on Sept. 10-13 in Mount Vernon, Virginia. “A Weekend With George Washington” is a four-day, immersive residential program for teachers from Kentucky and Missouri. Attendees will participate in an intensive study of George Washington and his world through a curriculum that [...]
The story of the relationship between two of America’s Charters of Freedom — the Bill of Rights and the Constitution — is told in “Congress Creates the Bill of Rights,” a free resource for teachers and students consisting of an eBook, a mobile app for tablets and online resources. Each piece provides a distinct way of exploring how the First [...]
The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky is sponsoring a screening of the film “Most Likely to Succeed,” a documentary about the impact of innovation on the economy and the consequences for the country if the education system fails to keep pace. The screening will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 27, at the Lexington Public Library Central Library. A discussion will [...]
A science-writing camp helps the Madison County schools’ migrant program to meet the educational needs of its students throughout the summer.
The Kentucky State Parks Foundation is offering grants to schools to allow students to visit Kentucky State Parks during the 2015-16 school year. Inside Out Education, an initiative of the foundation, the Kentucky Department of Parks and the Kentucky Department of Education, seeks to engage students in an educational field experience and enhance academic achievement by using the state park [...]
A free professional learning experience and support for mathematics teachers is being offered by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) and the Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services this summer in Highland Heights. “Gathering High Quality Data for Responsive Teaching and Learning, P-12” will focus on formative assessment, questioning strategies, and selection/use of rich tasks [...]
Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan, authors of the Picture-Perfect Science lesson series, will hold two workshops on how to use scientific inquiry, the 5 E’s instructional model and reading comprehension strategies and how to train other teachers to do the same Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in Ashland. “Picture-Perfect Science: Using Picture Books to Guide Inquiry” will consist of a teacher workshop for teachers [...]