Fletcher confirmed as next commissioner of education by Kentucky Senate
The Kentucky Senate approved Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D., to be the Commonwealth’s next commissioner of education.
Nominations open for 2024 Teresa Perry Compassion Award
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is accepting nominations for the 2024 Teresa Perry Compassion Award.
KDE launches Kentucky Innovation Guide to help districts develop innovative practices
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has released the Kentucky Innovation Guide, a new resource detailing the innovative work happening in Kentucky schools to create vibrant learning experiences for students and a sense of collaboration with the community.
Family Partnership Council discusses chronic absenteeism and recommendations to KDE
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Family Partnership Council discussed initiatives to support student attendance and recommendations to KDE at the council’s March 19 meeting.
KDE seeking recommendations for Kentucky Exemplary Educators Program
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking recommendations of exemplary educators and leaders in the Commonwealth’s public schools to join the 2024 Kentucky Exemplary Educators Program (KEEP).
We Need To Start with WHO and WHY
Have you ever participated in an initiative to transform an education system or school that wasn’t successful?
Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference date announced
The KDE Office of Teaching and Learning, Division of Early Literacy invites you to the Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference on June 20, 2024, at the Central Bank Center, formerly the Lexington Convention Center.
Kentucky Department of Education uses ESSER pandemic relief money to support digital learning coaches
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has been helping districts with digital learning coaches, spending $3.2 million dollars of funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund to either help districts hire digital learning coaches or supplement what they have already been doing.
Kentucky Department of Education’s Jennifer Ginn named 2023 Kevin M. Noland/Mary Ann Miller Award winner
Jennifer Ginn, assistant director of communications for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), was named the recipient of the 2023 Kevin M. Noland-Mary Ann Miller Award at the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) meeting on Dec. 7.
KDE seeks feedback, recommendations on Kentucky School Report Card
To help ensure the Kentucky School Report Card is providing valuable information about Kentucky's public schools, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking input from administrators, educators, families and the community at large through a new survey.