The U.S. Department of Education’s (USED’s) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has once again recognized Kentucky as meeting the requirements and purposes of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), marking the 16th consecutive year the state has earned the highest possible rating.
Kentucky Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher released a statement in response to the report published on July 1 detailing the $1.2 million special examination conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts, as mandated by HB 825 (2024).
Kentucky is participating in a new national grant program – called the Middle School Career Impact and Learning Network – which will help establish the gold standard for what middle school career exploration should look like.
Kentucky’s proposed Framework 4.0 – which would revamp the state’s assessment and accountability systems – has moved into the advocacy phase and was discussed during the Kentucky United We Learn Council’s meeting on June 20.
Members of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) heard recommendations for new certification grade bands from the Certification Structure Workgroup at their meeting on June 17. The work group was created in October 2024 to analyze and suggest potential areas of reform within Kentucky’s teacher certification structure. The group has 32 members, including legislators, educators, school and district administrators, human resource directors, and educator preparation providers.
Educators Rising Kentucky named six students to its team of state officers for the 2025-2026 academic year. This leadership team will begin their term on July 1, 2025.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Division of Student Success, from the Office of Continuous Improvement and Support, hosted its 2025 Persistence to Graduation Summit in Lexington on June 12-13 with more than 300 Kentucky educators attending.
The Education Recovery Scorecard is a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University. Each year, they issue a report on district-level student growth in math and reading.
Representatives with the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Division of Innovation met with members of the Teachers Advisory Council to discuss the Portrait of a Learner and defenses of learning during the Teachers Advisory Council meeting on June 10.
A group of 68 Kentucky educators successfully completed the nationally recognized National Institute for School and System Leadership (NISL) program during the 2024-2025 school year.
