Click HERE to access a PDF version of Don Gifford's June 2017 HGSS Newsletter loaded with information about awesome low-cost (or no-cost) summer PD opportunities, the Fall social studies conference, and more!
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KS School Funding Update (6.9.17): The Governor received the school funding bill today. If you remember, the bill was passed last weekend by the House and Senate. The Governor has ten days to decide if he will sign, veto or just let the bill become law. After that is done, the bill will be sent to the Kansas State Supreme Court. Hearings will have to be scheduled before the justices will rule on if the bill meets their definition of adequacy. Will keep you updated. ~Don Adkisson, Director of Finance, Derby Public Schools KS School Funding Update (6.7.17):
Click HERE to read the latest legislative update by Mark Desetti from Under the Dome. KSDE's 2017 Impact Institutes are taking place in June and July this year. Learn more & register at http://bit.ly/2s3WHdu!
Secondary school teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty are invited to apply for this upcoming teachers' conference. There are forty slots available. The application deadline is July 15, 2017.
December 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Soviet Russia. Both dates give reason to reexamine the history of Eurasia, a vast region with many ethnic groups and multiple religions, at times united under authoritarian governments, at other times divided between dozens of countries. To what extent is Eurasia a coherent region? What forces have driven its development over time. What led to the Soviet collapse? How did the post-Soviet conflicts unfold? How did Putin’s leadership shape today’s Russia? And finally, what will US relations with Eurasia look like in the coming years? These are the questions that FPRI’s Eurasia History Institute for Teachers will address in October 2017. Click HERE for more information. To apply, send an email to [email protected] with the following information: a resume, a one-paragraph statement describing your relevant teaching or other professional experience, and a brief statement of how your students or school district will benefit from your participation. Be sure to note the subject of your email as Application for 2017 Eurasia History Institute. You will be asked to make a commitment either to prepare a curriculum unit based on your studies throughout the weekend or to conduct in-service activities based on what you learn over the weekend (in exchange for a stipend). Do you know an outstanding teacher who goes above and beyond for their students? Someone who inspires creativity and ignites a passion for learning? If so, then please consider nominating this person to be our Kansas Council for History Education Teacher of the Year! Click HERE for more information and to access the nomination form.
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