Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) regional coordinators have been named for each of Kentucky’s educational cooperatives to provide DEI guidance and support to their membership districts.
Following the Kentucky General Assembly’s decision to disallow an emergency regulation related to paid leave for district employees, leadership from the Kentucky Department of Education met with school district leaders during the Superintendent Webcast on March 8 to provide details on how to move forward for quarantined staff.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Principals Advisory Council (PrAC) heard about the current programs that address the growing shortage of teachers throughout the state during its March 8 meeting.
Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass visited several western Kentucky school districts were impacted by the Dec. 2021 tornados, including Hopkins County, Dawson Springs Independent, Murray Independent, Mayfield Independent and Graves County.
Florence Chang, Ph.D., and Nicole Fields, Ed.D., have joined the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to help work on equity and community engagement.
Two Kentucky teachers won the prestigious 2020 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the nation’s highest distinction for teaching in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and/or computer science.
Public school students currently in grades 9-11 are invited to apply for the 13 open positions on the 2022-2023 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to the Kentucky commissioner of education.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council heard an update on the application process for the next student and teacher nonvoting members of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) at its Feb. 25 meeting.
With the application process under way for tornado-impacted districts to request aid from the West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies fund, leadership from the Kentucky Department of Education met with local superintendents on Feb. 23 to encourage districts to submit applications as soon as possible.
Velda Kissick, a paraprofessional at the Bluegrass Discovery Academy in Rowan County, was honored with the 2021-2022 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional (KESSP) Award on Feb. 24.