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Jennifer Carroll posted
KDE CEP Regional Work Sessions for 50-50 Committees
These regional meetings, held typically at county extension offices, will allow for up to 6 members of your district’s 50-50 committee to spend the morning learning about updates for the 2015-16 school year. In the afternoon, the district teams will work together to begin the process of deciding…Read More -
Pat Trotter posted
Good report on America’s Skills Challenge .
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ets.org/s/research/29836/ ‘ title=’America’s Skills Challenge: Millennials and the Future’ image=’http://www.ets.org/s/research/29836/ /rsc/img/ets_logo_lg.png’]Recent research reveals an apparent paradox for U.S. millennials (born after 1980, ages 16–34): while they may be o…Read More2 Comments-
One statement in the article shouts out a strong challenge to all educators, “As a country, we need to confront not only how we can compete in a global economy, but also what kind of future we can construct when a sizable segment of our future workforce is not equipped with the skills necessary for higher-level.employment and meaningful p…Read More
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Paul Green posted
Teachers,
Here is a gold-mine for primary sources… Oral-histories for the Appalachian Region. Some of these are amazing!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/collections/appalachia-oral-history-collection’ title=’Appalachia Oral History Collection | Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History’ image=”]Residents of Appalachia discuss…Read More -
Paul Green posted
Ok… every person that has any dealings with adolescents needs to watch this… Explains so much!!!
[bpfb_link url=’http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en#t-239740′ title=’Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Talk Video | TED.com’…Read More -
Charles Jeffrey Coots posted
To provide the students with a better understanding of the Australia culture, students in Mr. Couch’s 6th grade class are doing a skype session with Dr. Darren Hudson, a former student from Breathitt County. Dr. Hudson currently is working at the University of Sidney in the field of Physics. Students really enjoyed using technology connecting to…Read More
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Good Stuff Pat. This reinforces other research I’ve been reading on similar topics.