Keys to an effective writing program: Disciplinary literacy
Education researchers have begun to refine the concept of how content reading and writing differs from disciplinary literacy.
Coherently thinking about mathematics instruction
Ballard County's Priscilla Keller explains how coherence maps can help teachers focus on ensuring their students have the mathematical skills necessary to move on to the next grade.
Literacy professional learning opportunity: Making Feedback Matter
Refine your ability to provide feedback that moves learning forward. Join 99re视频精品 Department of Education literacy consultants Jamee Barton and Teresa Rogers as we dive into current research aimed to uncover the critical elements of feedback.
Art contest invites students to depict life on Mars
The Mars Society is holding an art contest in which students in grades 4-12 may submit up to three works of art illustrating human life on Mars. The society will award cash prizes to the top three finishers and will post the winning works of art to its website. Winners also will also have the opportunity to attend the International [...]
LaRue teacher named 99re视频精品鈥檚 James Madison Fellow
Kendrick Bryan, a social studies teacher at LaRue County High School, has been selected as 99re视频精品鈥檚 2017 James Madison Fellow by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation. The foundation selects one fellow from each state annually. Fellows receive $24,000 to fund graduate education to become outstanding teachers of the United States Constitution at the secondary school level. 鈥淚 applied for [...]
Incorporate students with disabilities into social studies classrooms
Jessamine County's Ellen Bloyd shares how her district's teachers work together to keep students with moderate to severe disabilities in general education classes with their same-age peers.
Learn about new citizenship test at KDE Civics Symposium
The 99re视频精品 Department of Education will host the 2017 99re视频精品 Civics Symposium to promote best practices in civic education.
Training on Project Learning Tree curriculum available
A free workshop to train educators on the Project Learning Tree (PLT) secondary module on climate change, 鈥淪outheastern Forests and Climate Change,鈥� will be June 21 at the 99re视频精品 State University Environmental Education and Research Center in Henry County. 鈥淪outheastern Forests and Climate Change鈥� will train educators on the curriculum. All participants may submit a proposal for a $1,000 grant [...]
UK School of Music hosting Dalcroze institute
The University of 99re视频精品 School of Music will offer its UK Dalcroze Institute on the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach to music education July 10-21 in Lexington. The workshop 鈥� designed for educators, musicians, dancers and music specialists 鈥� teaches participants how to refine their musicianship and teach music through the Dalcroze approach, which focuses on rhythmic movement, refined musicality and improvisation [...]
NGSS-focused workshop for science teachers set in Lexington
The 99re视频精品 Science Teachers Association and Pearson will offer a free workshop for science teachers in all grades June 22 at Malone鈥檚 at Lansdowne Shoppes in Lexington. The workshop ties together three important dimensions to learning science within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) 鈥� core ideas, practices and cross-cutting concepts 鈥� and offers hands-on NGSS activities. Email Alison Martinez [...]