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UK and Sandersville Elementary Host Family Engineering Night
The University of Kentucky chapter of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), based in the UK College of Education, collaborated with Sandersville Elementary School in Lexington to host a free Family Engineering Night on April 17 at the the school. Family Engineering Night is a program that brings students, parents and educators together to engage in problem solving and critical thinking with exciting hands-on activities.
College of Education to Play Host to International Development Conference
Faculty members from universities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will at the University of Kentucky College of Education for the 15th Annual OSF Faculty Development Fellowship Program Spring Conference.
Tice Authors New Book, To Give Lecture
Karen Tice, associate professor in the UK College of Education Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation, recently authored her new book, “Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and Campus Life,” published by Oxford University Press.
College Represented at Upcoming AERA Convention
UK College of Education faculty and students will be presenting at the 2012 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Clasey Honored by the Louisville Science Center
In Kentucky, Jody Clasey has been fighting the war on obesity as director of the Pediatric Exercise Physiology Lab (PEP-Lab) housed in the UK College of Education. Through this work, her involvement with the Louisville Science Center (LSC) and her commitment to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education, Clasey was honored as a 2011 Ambassador of Science Literacy by the LSC in January.
NSF Awards $1.3 Million for Science and Engineering After School Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the School of Education at Virginia Tech and the College of Education at the University of Kentucky $1.3 million to implement and evaluate an inquiry-based after school program for middle school students in rural Appalachia.
Rostosky Co-Authors Book Giving a Positive View of LGBTQ Identities
It started with a simple question, then grew into a large online survey with responses from more than 1,000 people from across the U.S. and abroad. A new book by Ellen Riggle and Sharon Rostosky, “A Positive View of LGBTQ: Embracing Identity and Cultivating Well-Being," explores what’s positive about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identities.
College of Education Co-Sponsors 3rd Annual STEM Symposium
The Third Annual STEM Symposium: Connecting STEM Education Across the Bluegrass State was held Friday, February 3, 2012. The event was co-sponsored by the University of Kentucky Colleges of Education, Engineering, Arts & Sciences, Agriculture, Communications and Medicine, the UK Office of the Provost, and the Partnership Institute for Mathematics and Science Education Reform (PIMSER).
 
Events
 
6/14/2012 to 6/15/2012 - ISER Conference 2012
Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15 2012 - University of Kentucky

The International Symposium on Educational Reform (ISER) will provide venues for university graduate students, educators, professors, practitioners and policymakers to examine educational reform from a global perspective, discuss common issues facing educational leaders, and to promote international understanding.

For more information, see:
http://www.internationalsymposiumoneducationalreform.com/

 
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Kentucky Senate Bill 1 Information and Resources
Kentucky Senate Bill 1 (2009) seeks to improve college remediation rates of recent high school graduates by at least fifty percent by 2014

For more information, see:

Unbridled Learning: College and Career Readiness for all Resources
 

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College of Education 2011 Network Magazine Available On-Line!
 
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updated 04-27-2012 by Brad Duncan
University of Kentucky College of Education