After receiving numerous public comments expressing concern with two previously passed regulations, the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) held a special meeting on March 15 to review proposed amendments.
The Kentucky Youth Storytelling competition is a statewide effort to develop, encourage, and highlight the talent of young storytellers.
Nice to meet you! I am happy to be the newest editor of Kentucky Teacher and information office supervisor at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE). I have been a storyteller since I could first speak and have been involved in various communications, government and advocacy roles for the past five years.
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.
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.
Ashley Rogers, an agriculture educator at Nicholas County High School, was named the national New Career and Technical Teacher of the Year for 2022 at the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Career Tech Vision Conference in New Orleans Dec. 1-3, 2021. […]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) on Feb. 10 released results from the 2022 Impact Kentucky Working Conditions Survey, which asks all certified school staff about their working conditions and helps improve the environment for educators across the Commonwealth.
The Goodfellows Club of Owensboro, a nonprofit organization that helps meet the needs of students across Daviess County, is the winner of the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) 2021 Kevin C. Brown Strategic Priority Award.
Several common themes and patterns about what changes need to be made in Kentucky’s public education system emerged during the most recent meeting of the Kentucky Coalition for Advancing Education (KCAE). Many coalition members agreed that more Kentucky students will thrive if state assessments look at more than a simple snapshot of a child.