Ariel Fader, a senior at Ryle High School (Boone County), and Minhal Nazeer, a senior at Kentucky Country Day School (Jefferson County), were selected from among the state’s top student leaders to be part of the national 104-student delegation of the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). Fader and Nazeer also will each receive a $10,000 college scholarship for undergraduate study from The Hearst Foundations.
Staff from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) led a discussion about portraits of a learner during the Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) meeting on Nov. 28.
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved taking the next steps in the search for a new commissioner of education to negotiate a contract with “Vendor A” during a special KBE meeting on Nov. 28.
Staff with the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Teaching and Learning presented potential reforms to instructional supports during the School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council (SCAAC) meeting on Nov. 21.
Julie Pile, an at-large member of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE), has been named to the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Board of Directors to serve a one-year term as a new member representative.
The State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education discussed the search for a new commissioner of education during its Nov. 15 meeting.
To help ensure the Kentucky School Report Card is providing valuable information about Kentucky's public schools, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking input from administrators, educators, families and the community at large through a new survey.
Educators and staff from Shelby County were recognized on Nov. 8 for the completion of an eight-week BaseLang Spanish Immersion Program, an initiative partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and the Kentucky Education Association (KEA).
Members of the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Career and Technical Education discussed a new funding distribution proposal during the Superintendents Webcast on Nov. 9.
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) voted to post a new request for proposals (RFP) to identify a firm to lead the search for Kentucky’s new commissioner of education during a special KBE meeting on Nov. 6.