1/30/2014
Ohio drug deaths, including those caused by abusing prescription drugs, have increased 440 percent from 1999-2011, with prescription drugs driving much of that increase. Many kids are first using drugs as early as 11 and 12 years old. What can teachers do? Because children who talk with their parents and other authority figures about drugs are 50 percent less likely to use them, the new statewide initiative titled Start Talking! is providing teachers and parents with communication tools through the Know! program to help with these short but important conversations.
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1/30/2014
Wednesday, Feb. 5, is Digital Learning Day 2014, a national campaign to spotlight successful instructional practice and effective use of technology. Teachers and students are encouraged to register to participate in statewide Digital Learning Day events that are all scheduled for Feb. 5, and also to take advantage of resources that will be available that day for future use.
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1/30/2014
INFOhio is presenting a free webinar on Thursday, Feb. 6 titled Literature Connections to the Common Core: Creating Book Backdrops. Judy Bee, associate director of teaching with primary sources at Illinois State University, will explore how using primary sources known as Book Backdrops can bring books alive by developing and curating historical background.
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1/30/2014
Schools now have until Feb. 27 (rather than the original Feb. 1 deadline) to submit state-level entries to the National Missing Children’s Day poster contest for fifth-grade students. Each school should submit their best poster to the Missing Children’s Clearinghouse of the Ohio Attorney General’s office, which will select a state winner to send to the national sponsor, the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ).
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1/30/2014
Teachers and administrators who are serving on local committees that score applications for those seeking the Master Teacher designation are invited to attend one of two workshop sessions to be held in Westerville on Tuesday, March 11.
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1/30/2014
Save March 28 for the free daylong Spring Education Conference that the Ohio Department of Education will hold at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Among other topics, participants will learn more about selecting, developing and using assessments that can measure student growth. There also will be a half-day symposium for teachers, administrators, curriculum directors and other educators who want to know more about advanced placement.
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1/30/2014
Two Ohio educators recently received the nation’s highest honors for mathematics and science teachers. Elizabeth Pitzer, a fifth-grade mathematics teacher in the Arcanum Butler Local Schools in Arcanum and Natalie Harr, an early childhood science teacher in Crestwood Local Schools in Mantau are among the 102 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
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