Aug 27 2008

First Kentucky Principals Academy Viewed as a Success

The Kentucky Principals Academy was created to provide current Kentucky school principals specialized professional development that inspires and leads them to improve student learning. The academy is unique to Kentucky and is a partnership between the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky. It is supported through a grant provided by the Council […]

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Aug 22 2008

WHAS Crusade for Children Grant to Fund Training for Teachers

WHAS Crusade for Children president and chief executive officer Rebecca Jackson announced at a press conference on August 22 that the College of Education and Human Development, the Center for Women and Infants, the School of Dentistry and the Department of Pediatrics will receive funding from the Crusade for their work with special needs children.
Representatives […]

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Aug 21 2008

Kentucky Chosen for Autism Training Partnership

Kentucky has been selected by the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders to be one of only three states to receive technical assistance related to autism, which affects more than 2,300 school-aged children statewide.
Of nine grant applications nationwide, Kentucky,  Michigan and Minnesota were selected to receive the assistance.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) […]

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Aug 5 2008

Camp Takes Learning Beyond the Classroom

The Hands-on-Minds-on Summer Science Camp is a partnership between UofL’s College of Education and Human Development and Lincoln Foundation’s Whitney Young Scholars Program and is sponsored by General Electric and E.ON U.S.
The camp is designed for children entering the seventh grade in the fall, who are from underserved, low income families and who excel academically. […]

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