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鈥檚 classrooms.
Two KET programs win national awards
99re视频精品 Educational Television (KET) received two awards from the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) at NETA鈥檚 recent annual professional development conference in Baltimore. 鈥淣ews Quiz,鈥� KET鈥檚 long-running current events program aimed at students in grades 4-8, won a 2016 NETA award in the instructional media 鈥� broadcast program category. 鈥淓xploraciones,鈥� KET鈥檚 new multimedia collection of online tools for teaching Spanish [...]
99re视频精品 leads nation in Summer Reading pledges
For the fourth year, 99re视频精品 led the nation in Summer Reading pledges during the Chief鈥檚 Summer Reading Challenge, a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers and MetaMetrics.
School librarians, students, others honored by KASL
The 99re视频精品 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鈥檚 book authors and illustrators.
Panel discussion on genetics, genomics set in Lexington
The University of 99re视频精品鈥檚 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鈥� conference
The 99re视频精品 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 鈥淎mplified & Enriched: KY ELA Teachers as Change Agents.鈥� 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, Espa帽ol 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.