ACT releases Class of 2024 data for Kentucky
Kentucky students in the class of 2024 performed among the top of states testing 100% of their students on the ACT college admissions exam, according to data released Oct. 16.
Superintendents hear updates on KBE priorities, assessment and accountability reform during webcast
Kentucky superintendents heard updates on a recent resolution the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) passed supporting public funds for public schools, along with KBE priorities and continued efforts to reform the state’s assessment and accountability systems during the Superintendents Webcast on Oct. 10.
KBE outlines legislative priorities, passes resolution supporting public funding for public schools
Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) members approved their list of legislative priorities for 2025 during the KBE meeting on Oct. 7-8.
Meredith Rozanski receives KBE’s 2024 Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership
Meredith Rozanski, executive vice president of operations for the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, was presented with the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership at its Oct. 8 meeting.
Commissioner’s School Counselor Advisory Council hears results from latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Health Program Administrator Stephanie Bunge discussed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) at the Commissioner’s School Counselor Advisory Council (SCAC) meeting on Sept. 26.
KDE continues improving on nation-leading school internet infrastructure
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) continues to build on Kentucky’s top-tier internet infrastructure, partnering with Education Networks of America (ENA) by Zayo to modernize and upgrade internet connectivity within Kentucky’s 171 school districts, the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, Kentucky’s 50 area technology centers and the KDE office in Frankfort.
Kentucky World Language Association names 2024 Outstanding Teacher and other honors
Stephanie Bellot-Donaldson, a Spanish teacher in the Spanish Immersion program at Hawthorne Elementary School (Jefferson County), is the 2024 recipient of the Kentucky World Language Association (KWLA) Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. She received the award on Sept. 14 at the KWLA Fall Conference.
KDE releases 2023-2024 accountability and assessment data
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) publicly released assessment and accountability data for the 2023-2024 school year on Oct. 3, as required by state statute and the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
15 educators named to KDE’s Teachers Advisory Council for 2024-2025
Fifteen Kentucky public school educators have been named to the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE) Teachers Advisory Council (TAC) for the 2024-2025 school year, Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher announced Sept. 27.
Kentucky education leaders, organizations announce microgrant opportunities to build tech talent pipeline
Education leaders from across the Commonwealth gathered Sept. 26 in the Capitol Rotunda where We Lead Computer Science (CS) announced $100,000 in microgrants to chambers of commerce to work with businesses and schools to build the state’s tech talent pipeline.