The Murray Shakespeare Festival will host two daytime performances of “Romeo and Juliet” for students March 7-8 at Murray State University’s Lovett Auditorium. Actors from the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va., will perform at 10 a.m. both days. Other performances of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Two Gentlemen of Verona” also will be offered during the festival. Discounted tickets are [...]
Murray State University is accepting applications for its doctor of arts in English pedagogy program, a degree that fosters the development of master English educators from elementary through college levels. The program may be completed in as few as three years and is available on campus or online. The degree is a 48-hour, practice-based degree that embeds advanced coursework in [...]
Holly Bloodworth shares how she learned what teachers discover by traveling abroad can impact what they do in their own classrooms.
Teachers are invited to take their classes to the 2016 Murray Shakespeare Festival to see the American Shakespeare Center perform the Roman tragedy “Julius Caesar” March 9-10 at Murray State University’s Lovett Auditorium. “Julius Caesar” offers an opportunity to teach students about Roman history and the intersections of friendship, betrayal and national politics. Daytime performances will be at 10 a.m. [...]
The Murray State University College of Education and Human Services will host a workshop for science and mathematics teachers July 6-10 and 13-17 at MSU’s Alexander Hall. The 10-day workshop is intended to help elementary and middle school teachers meet the requirements of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Kentucky Core Academic Standards for mathematics and learn to effectively [...]
High school students interested in creative writing are invited to the inaugural Purchase Area Writing Workshop June 14-19 at Murray State University. Students will work on their own creative writing with MSU professors and working writers, while living on campus during the week of June 14. Residential workshop activities will include film screenings and opportunities to hear speakers talk about issues [...]
Students in grades 6-12 are invited to celebrate National Poetry Month by entering a poetry contest sponsored by the Murray State University chapter of the National Council of Teachers of English. Three winners per school and three winners per grade will be chosen, and one grand prize winner will be featured on MSU’s website. Poems must be typed and submitted [...]
Murray State University will offer a course on teaching literature online during the 2015 spring semester. “ENG 602: Teaching Literature in Schools” can be applied toward a master’s degree or toward the 30-and-above requirement in an English or education degree. Dystopian literature is quite the fad right now, but should a teacher add this to the CCSS curriculum? This class looks [...]
Gov. Steve Beshear recently joined community leaders and students at Calloway County Middle School to celebrate the completion of two new safety sidewalk projects. Murray received a combined $339,000 in investment for the projects, aimed at improving pedestrian and bicycle access for local students. “These projects have afforded students the opportunity to walk or bike to school without compromising their [...]
Richard Dodson, assistant professor at Murray State University, is conducting research on the effect No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has had on performing arts education in Kentucky schools since its enactment in January 2002. The study also will focus on what Kentucky performing arts educators believe will happen for their programs as a result of Kentucky’s recent waiver from NCLB. [...]