Commissioner of education position posted
Applications are now being accepted for the next Kentucky Commissioner of Education.
Applications are now being accepted for the next Kentucky Commissioner of Education.
The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking feedback on the Educator Equity Plan it filed with the United States Department of Education (USED) on June 1. USED required each state education agency to submit a new State Educator Equity Plan in accordance with the requirements of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). As required [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education Coordinated School Health Team will host two free summer professional learning opportunities this summer at locations across the state. “Agents of Change: Making Healthy Schools the Norm” is a Kentucky School Health and Physical Education Network (KySHAPE) professional learning event in which the Coordinated School Health Team will partner with educational cooperatives to provide professional [...]
In an effort to strengthen the solvency of the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System (KTRS), Gov. Steve Beshear this week by executive order created a 23-member work group made up of policy and education leaders. The Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System Funding Work Group, to be led by former state senator and former State Board of Education Chairman David Karem, will meet over the [...]
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov Mental illness led Stephanie Cesare to some very, very dark places. But these days, things are looking brighter for her. Now, she is a cosmetology graduate of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center and is already employed. Cesare gave the most candid speech I have heard at a commencement. She openly discussed her illness and [...]
The Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at the University of California, Berkeley is accepting new participants for 2015-16 elementary school and middle school science curriculum field trials. A number of spots are open for LHS’ middle school physical science unit, Magnetic Fields. The LHS Learning Design Group's rich science curriculum, which is developed in partnership with Amplify Education, combines hands-on inquiry, [...]