For the third consecutive summer KDE is partnering with The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts to offer Next Generation Academies for the Integration of Arts and World Languages. June 17-21 Integrating the Arts and World Languages Languages: Spanish and Japanese Location: Jesse Stewart Elementary School, Madisonville June 24-28 Integrating the Arts and World Languages Languages: Spanish and French Location: [...]
A call for proposals is currently underway for educator presentations at the 2013 Kentucky History Education Conference, which will be held on Thursday, July 11 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. This year’s conference will be based around the 2013-14 National History Day theme: Rights and Responsibilities in History. Any educator who may use innovative [...]
Month-long, college- and career-readiness event wraps up with lots of success stories.
Please encourage all teachers, principals and other school-based certified educators to take part in the 2013 TELL Kentucky Survey. As of Monday afternoon, there was a 57.67 percent participation rate with 29,125 educators participating. The goal is to have a 90 percent participation rate by the time the survey ends on March 29. To encourage participation, each week we will be drawing for [...]
The Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) has approved Georgetown College’s Environmental Education Endorsement Program for teachers and others working in environmentally-related jobs. The P-12 endorsement program helps bridge the gap between academics and practical application. This 12 credit-hour course of study may be taken for professional development or be applied toward a Teacher Leader Master of Arts or Rank [...]
The Kentucky Academy of Technology Education (KATE) has set up a Lync account called KATEHelp@coemail.murraystate.edu. This account will be monitored by student workers in the College of Education at Murray State University who will take instructional technology help requests and forward them on to someone at KATE. A staff member can work on the request and get back to the [...]
West Marion Elementary (Marion County) teacher Stacy Bartley is the winner of the February iPad giveaway by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). The contest was open to Kentucky residents who “liked” the KHEAA Facebook page, online at www.facebook.com/KHEAA, and answered a question about college. Bartley was presented with the iPad at the Washington County Public Library in Springfield [...]
Entries are being accepted until April 30 for the annual National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) -- Ohio Valley Chapter High School Student Production Awards Competition. The Call for Entries outlines the rules, fee, categories of competition and the submission process. Students must live in the chapter’s region to enter; the eligible counties are listed in the back [...]
Johnson County school one of three Kentucky public schools to earn Blue Ribbon honor.
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) will host a “Food for Thought” luncheon program, “Pine Mountain Settlement School,” with Nancy Adams, executive director, and James Greene, Harlan Independent school district curriculum supervisor, March 20, at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. Located in the mountains of Appalachia in southeastern Kentucky, Pine Mountain Settlement School was an early [...]