Applications are open for the Summer Boost: Reading and Mathematics Program, which is designed to help districts provide a boost in reading and mathematics to fight summer learning loss.
Applications are now being accepted for the non-voting teacher and student members of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE). Each member would serve a one-year term, from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027.
Colonial Williamsburg’s Bob & Marion Wilson Teacher Institute is currently accepting scholarship applications for its fully funded Summer 2026 onsite program, “Revolutionary Roots: Teaching Civic Engagement at 250,” a special program created in recognition of the 250th Commemoration.
The application period for the 2026 National Civics Bee is open through Feb. 3 for 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade students from public, private, charter and homeschools in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American Samoa. There is no cost to apply.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to Kentucky’s Carl D. Perkins recalibration of the federal performance goals as part of the process to update the state Perkins plan.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) recently welcomed new members and leadership for the State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children (SAPEC).
No Kid Hungry Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and Feeding Kentucky have unveiled new data showing that – for the first time in history – free summer meals for kids were available in all 120 counties of the state. Between May and August 2025, almost 11 million free summer meals were served to Kentucky’s children at meal sites throughout the Commonwealth – up from 8.1 million in summer 2024 and 5.3 million in summer 2023.
The U.S. Department of Education has launched the Presidential 1776 Award, a nationwide competition recognizing exceptional student knowledge of America's founding.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Special Education and Early Learning, in collaboration with the Kentucky Council for Exceptional Children (KYCEC), is proud to recognize Jessica Youart of Meade County as the 2025 Special Education Teacher of the Year.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Safe and Supportive Schools Branch is recognizing 215 schools across the state through the annual fidelity recognition program for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).