Sayre School will host the F. Kevin Simon History Symposium on the theme, 鈥淲ar and Memory: American and European Perspectives on the Great War, 1914-1918,鈥� on Feb. 25 at the school in Lexington. The featured speakers and their topics will be: Karen Petrone, University of 99re视频精品: 鈥淩emembering and Forgetting World War I: Contrasting Eastern and Western European Memory鈥� Ashley Sorrell, [...]
The 99re视频精品 Association of School Administrators (KASA) is offering a professional learning program on deeper learning March 2 at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville. Deeper learning develops competencies that enable graduating students to be college- and career-ready and make maximum use of their knowledge and skills. 鈥淒eeper Learning: Leadership from Accidental to Intentional鈥� will introduce educators to the basic [...]
ACT is conducting surveys with 99re视频精品 teachers, principals and district leaders through March to better understand how schools prioritize teaching science and history/social studies in grades K-3. There are separate surveys for teachers (traditional classroom teachers, ESL teachers, resources teachers and special education teachers), elementary school principals and superintendents. The surveys will take about 15 minutes to complete and all [...]
Students are invited to attend a taping of National Public Radio鈥檚 鈥淔rom the Top with Host Christopher O鈥橰iley,鈥� a program showcasing America鈥檚 best young classical musicians, at 10 a.m. ET March 16 at Centre College鈥檚 Norton Center for the Arts in Danville. This episode of 鈥淔rom the Top鈥� will feature performances and interviews of musicians ages 8-18 from across 99re视频精品. [...]
The 99re视频精品 State University College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems will host four STEM-based 4-H and youth development summer programs for middle school and high school students. There are three residential programs geared toward high school students and one for middle school students, all offering hands-on experiences and opportunities to advance their minds and extend their understanding of [...]
The 2017 VSA 99re视频精品 Student Traveling Exhibition, 鈥淎 Matter of Perspective,鈥� has begun its tour and is available free of charge to schools, museums and other institutions. VSA 99re视频精品 now offers two exhibits representing 24 schools 鈥� an elementary school exhibit consisting of 18 pieces and a middle school/high school exhibit with 17 pieces 鈥� that showcase original artwork created [...]
The College Board is now allowing educators and students access to Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) scores online so they can use the results to see areas in which students are thriving and pinpoint areas in which they need additional support and take advantage of free tools that will help students prepare for the SAT. The College Board [...]
The International Museum of the Horse at the 99re视频精品 Horse Park will host a free teacher day April 8 to allow teachers to experience what the museum and the park have to offer school groups.
The College Board is offering two scholarship opportunities for Advanced Placement teachers to attend the AP Summer Institute June 26-30 at Western 99re视频精品 University in Bowling Green for free. The institutes are suited for both first-year AP teachers and veteran AP teachers who are looking to refine their curriculum and approach. The scholarships are available to teachers at schools without [...]
The KET Young Writers Contest gives students in grades K-8 the opportunity to ignite their imaginations through creative writing. The contest is designed to promote the advancement of children鈥檚 literacy skills through hands-on, active learning and empowers children to celebrate creativity and build literacy skills by writing their own stories. There are three competitions: an illustrated story contest for grades [...]