KDE names Shannon Sparkman as new director of state schools
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has named Shannon Sparkman as director of state schools.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has named Shannon Sparkman as director of state schools.
Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass announced July 31 that he will step down from his position on Sept. 29 in order to become associate vice president of teaching and learning at Western Michigan University.
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the U.S. Army Cadet Command presented a three-year initiative that could serve as a national pilot program for the Junior Reserved Officers Training Corps (JROTC) during the July 25 meeting of the legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection.
Schools in Scott and Fayette counties and the Ignite Institute in Boone County will receive grants of up to $5.7 million from the Toyota USA Foundation to help prepare students for future science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.
More than 2,000 Career and Technical Education (CTE) leaders from across Kentucky’s school districts, postsecondary institutions and industries came together in July at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville for the 2023 CTE Summer Program.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) approved changes to how districts enroll kindergarten students during its regular meeting on July 25.
Greenup County Schools was selected for a $14.9 million energy efficiency grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Schools program, which will support improvements in K–12 schools across the country.
Twenty-seven school counselors have been named as new members of the 2023-2024 School Counselor Advisory Council, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) announced on July 24.
At its meeting on July 21, the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) approved a conditional waiver of 16 KAR 5:040, Section 5(7) to allow student teachers to maintain classified employment for the 2023-2024 school year.
School district leaders from across the Commonwealth joined virtually on July 18 to share their journeys with deeper learning, presenting their work in creating authentic, meaningful learning for all students.