As social studies teachers, we know that everyone in every community in the United States plays a part in the American story. However, when I was growing up, we did not feel that was the case.
Two Barren County High School students are participating in Service One Credit Union’s new Teller TRACK apprenticeship program.
Educational materials for a range of social studies subjects are available through the National Archives.
Known as Courageous Persuaders, the program asks students to craft a 30-second television commercial that could be used in a PSA campaign to warn people about underage drinking and texting while driving. It was created to make a difference in tragic statistics.
Students on the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council discussed the results of the 2021 Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) at their Nov. 22 meeting. The YRBS is part of a national effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor students’ health-risk behaviors in six priority areas.
When he started his junior year at Henderson County High School, Evan Legate wanted to make a change in his life.
The National Archives is taking applications for the Civics for All of US distance learning program. Multiple options are available for groups of 10 or more students in K-12, free of charge. Each program is led by an educator at National Archives sites, the federal Center for Legislative Archives and presidential libraries across the country.
The Kentucky Department of Education has selected the Owensboro Innovation Academy (Owensboro Independent) to represent the Commonwealth in the 2022 National Christmas Tree display.
A new accessible playground for students was unveiled at the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) in Louisville on Nov. 10.
Five Career and Technical Education (CTE) professionals were judged the recipients of 2022 CTE achievement awards. The annual CTE awards program is sponsored by the Kentucky Farm Bureau and is administered by the Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education (KACTE).