GEAR UP Kentucky putting low-income students on path to success
Students in 12 school districts will be the latest to participate in a program designed to help prepare students in low-income communities for success in postsecondary education.
Understanding Kentucky’s new 5-Star accountability system
When Kentucky’s 5-star school accountability system goes live this fall, it will offer parents across the Commonwealth a new and more transparent way to understand how their children’s schools are performing.
2020 Kentucky Teacher of the Year passes on her passion for reading
Erin Ball was named the 2020 Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year and the 2020 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.
Commissioner Lewis defines ‘novice’ scores as academic emergency
During the Kentucky Board of Education's April 10 meeting, Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis presented a report titled “The Meaning and Significance of Novice Performance on Assessments.”
Boyle schools bridging the gap with SHARED learning model
Improving student engagement has led to increased achievement for special-needs students and those students who qualified for free- and reduced-price meals in Boyle County.
The imperative of achievement gap closure in Kentucky
One of the most notable of the education challenges we continue to face are socioeconomic and racial achievement gaps. Even with the progress we have made in recent decades with increases in achievement overall, we have made very little progress with closing such gaps.
Study’s findings can sharpen KDE’s efforts to close the gap
A report examining students’ educational experiences could help the Kentucky Department of Education’s efforts to address the achievement gap.
New system means big changes to school accountability measures
Starting this month, you’ll begin hearing much more about our new school accountability system and what it means for each district, school and student.
Lewis challenges Kentuckians to shift dialogue to career preparedness
Kentucky Department of Education Interim Commissioner Wayne D. Lewis called upon state educators, parents and Kentucky businesses to help students across the Commonwealth prepare for thousands of profitable careers that are open to highly skilled, educated graduates.
Hip-hop into learning
Jefferson County's NyRee Clayton-Taylor shares how she used hip-hop based education to find a new way to reach her students.