Strategic Education Research Partnership offers free literacy resources
The Strategic Education Research Partnership offers free tools for educators to help them teach word recognition, fluency and vocabulary in today’s classrooms.
Two KET programs win national awards
Kentucky Educational Television (KET) received two awards from the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) at NETA’s recent annual professional development conference in Baltimore. “News Quiz,” KET’s long-running current events program aimed at students in grades 4-8, won a 2016 NETA award in the instructional media – broadcast program category. “Exploraciones,” KET’s new multimedia collection of online tools for teaching Spanish [...]
Kentucky leads nation in Summer Reading pledges
For the fourth year, Kentucky led the nation in Summer Reading pledges during the Chief’s Summer Reading Challenge, a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers and MetaMetrics.
School librarians, students, others honored by KASL
The Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) honored 2016 award recipients at a luncheon and ceremony Sept. 24 at the Galt House in Louisville.
The secret life of literary rock stars
Librarians take a look inside the world of children’s book authors and illustrators.
Panel discussion on genetics, genomics set in Lexington
The University of Kentucky’s Department of Biology and the Friends of the Lexington Public Library will present a panel discussion on genetics and genomics Oct. 19 at the Lexington Public Library Central Library. The discussion is designed to engage the general public in current topics in genetics and genomics, such as genome editing and manipulation, agricultural genetics, genetically modified organism [...]
Proposals sought for English teachers’ conference
The Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts is accepting proposals for its annual conference Feb. 24-25 at Embassy Suites Lexington. The conference theme is “Amplified & Enriched: KY ELA Teachers as Change Agents.” Click here for more information.
Calloway County grows its own crop of language teachers
For the 2016-17 school year, Calloway County High School students enrolled in a new elective, Español Para Adolescentes, in order to help with the need for world languages in the district's elementary schools.
Starting them off global
In our current knowledge economy, knowing information is useless unless you can do something with that knowledge.
Why 90 percent+ is our goal
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages recommends language educators and their students spend at least 90 percent of class time communicating in the language being studied. This task may seem daunting, but I have seen its impact.
