Wellington Elementary (Fayette County) has been named a 2014 Kentucky Green Ribbon School by the Kentucky Department of Education, along with its “green” partners, the Kentucky Environmental Education Council; Department for Energy Development and Independence; Kentucky School Boards Association; and Kentucky National Energy Education Development Project. The school becomes a nominee for the 2014 National Green Ribbon School Awards, which [...]
The “Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky” is the first in a series of intriguing topics that teachers can address in their classrooms through KY MEdia Bank, a new online “public scrapbook.” The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) created the website as both an innovative teaching tool for K-12 students and as a place where the public can capture, share and archive [...]
Scott Howard In 2012-13, the Butler County school district earned distinction as a High Progress District under the Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP). This improvement was no small feat and the district staff is to be commended — from finance, budgeting and energy efficiency to assessment practices, standards implementation, and support programming. Students in Butler County [...]
Each year the National World War II Museum sponsors two essay contests for middle and high school students. Student participants are asked to reflect on an annual theme related to the WWII experience and to connect this to an aspect of their own lives. In honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, this year’s essay prompt asks students to think [...]
Recently, three Kentucky public school districts were named Districts of Innovation – Owensboro Independent, Trigg County and Owsley County. Certain administrative regulations and statutory provisions won’t apply to these districts now. They also may waive local board policy to improve student learning and educational performance practices. All three superintendents of these districts said leadership will be heavily impacted by the designation. [...]
KET offers schools a repository of free, online P-12 instructional resources such as short videos, lesson plans and interactives on a variety of health topics. To access these resources, visit KET EncycloMedia and select PBS LearningMedia. Those interested can search PBS LearningMedia in a variety of ways. One quick way is to click on Health and Physical Education in the [...]
Stanford University is offering two online courses that emphasize improving the high quality of student-to-student discourse as a major feature of instruction, specifically the importance of students understanding the reasoning of others and engaging in meaningful conversations using evidence for claims. The short course looks closely at student-to-student conversations and addresses ways to improve students’ abilities to engage in the types of [...]
It is clear that instruction is the focus for the Perry County school district under the direction of Superintendent Jonathan Jett. Recently, the district provided all students in grades 8-12 with a Windows 8 Surface tablet. New student-led Professional Learning Communities, guide all staff in effectively using the device as an instructional tool. Textbooks are downloaded as student resources and [...]
The University of Louisville’s Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education and the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development will present the Mathematics Education Colloquium: “Strategies for Encouraging Students to Persist When Working on Cognitively - Demanding Tasks” March 6, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the University Club, Mary Bingham Room on the Belknap Campus. Featured speakers include [...]
On March 5, students have a unique opportunity to participate in an educational and historic event, the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Frankfort. In celebration of the 1964 march, thousands will gather once again in Frankfort. The commemorative march and accompanying rally will be from 10 a.m. through approximately noon (Eastern Standard Time). Participants are asked to meet [...]