KDE opens nominations for 2026 Teresa Perry Compassion Award
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is accepting nominations for the 2026 Teresa Perry Compassion Award.
Nominations open for 2026 Grissom Award for Innovation in Special Education
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) is accepting nominations for the 2026 Grissom Award for Innovation in Special Education.
KBE names Rhonda Logsdon as winner of the 2026 Robinson Award
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) presented the 2026 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education to Rhonda Logsdon, the executive director of Kentucky Special Involvement Network (KY-SPIN), at its April 9 meeting.
Five educators named to KDE’s Teachers Advisory Council
Five new Kentucky public school educators have been named to the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Teachers Advisory Council (TAC) to serve a term from March 2026 to March 2029.
Bill to improve Kentucky’s assessment, accountability systems passes out of House Education Committee
House Bill (HB) 257, a bill to reimagine Kentucky’s state assessment and accountability systems, passed out of the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee on Feb. 4 with no opposition.
Bullitt County Public Schools receives KBE’s Kevin C. Brown Award
Bullitt County Public Schools was honored with the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) 2025 Kevin C. Brown Strategic Priority Award at its Feb. 5 regular meeting.
Patrick Graboviy and Ethan Morgan named 2026 U.S. Senate Youth Program delegates; Ayesha Hamid and Joel Shalom selected as alternates
Patrick Bogdan Graboviy, a junior at North Oldham High School (Oldham County), and Ethan Cameron Morgan, a senior at Marshall County High School, will join Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul in representing Kentucky during the 64th annual U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP) Washington Week, to be held March 7-14.
KDE’s Allison Johnson named 2025 Kevin M. Noland/Mary Ann Miller Award winner
Allison Johnson, assistant program administrator in the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Special Education and Early Learning’s Transition Education Unit, was named the recipient of the 2025 Kevin M. Noland-Mary Ann Miller Award at the Dec. 4 Kentucky Board of Education meeting.
Four Kentucky elementary schools qualify as National Blue Ribbon Schools
Four Kentucky elementary schools met the criteria to be named National Blue Ribbon Schools (NBRS) by the U.S. Department of Education and will be recognized at the Kentucky Board of Education meeting on Dec. 4.
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters receives KBE’s 2025 Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership
The Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters (IKORCC) was presented with the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) 2025 Kelly Award for Business and Partnership at its Oct. 2 meeting.