May 2023
Russell High School senior builds accolades and plans to continue leading
As a graduating senior at Russell High School (Russell Independent), Arnav Dharmagadda has spent several years learning content in classrooms. His high school experience also taught him lessons outside the classroom, literally and figuratively, as the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in non-traditional instruction (NTI) during his first year.
August 2022
KDE awarded $3 million state assessments grant to advance United We Learn vision
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has been awarded $3 million over the next four years to support the continued development of United We Learn, the bold new vision for the future of public education in Kentucky that was created with stakeholders from across the Commonwealth.
March 2022
Six districts named to the KDE’s third cohort of Local Laboratories of Learning
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has named six districts to the third cohort of the Local Laboratories of Learning (L3s), a key part of United We Learn, KDE’s new vision for the future of public education in the Commonwealth.
December 2021
Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council shares thoughts on KBE’s legislative priorities
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council (SAC) had the opportunity on Dec. 10 to provide feedback on the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) legislative priorities for the upcoming 2022 Kentucky General Assembly.
Shelby County’s Local Laboratory of Learning focuses on making schools the hub of the community
Shelby County’s Local Laboratory of Learning met on Dec. 2 at Southside Elementary School to begin thinking about what accountability and assessment could look like for Shelby County students.
November 2021
Community collaboration is the focus of Nelson County Schools during tour with Commissioner Jason E. Glass
Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass, center, speaks to [...]
October 2021
KDE offering technical assistance session for L3 work
The Kentucky Department of Education will host a virtual technical assistance session open to vendors whose mission is to provide design, consulting and policy services to local education agencies (school districts) to assist them in making transformational change.
KBE approves 2022-2024 biennial budget request, sets annual goals
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved the 2022-2024 biennial budget requests put forward by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) during its regular meeting on Oct. 5.
Reflecting on the past and looking toward the future
I marked my one-year anniversary at the helm of the Kentucky Department of Education last month with a trip to Meade County, the school district I graduated from more years ago than I like to admit.
June 2021
Lt. Gov. Coleman announces student-led mental health roundtables during Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council
Kentucky will host a series of roundtables aimed to address mental health in the state’s public schools, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced during the June 1 virtual meeting of the Kentucky Department of Education’s Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council.