Members of the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council started discussing a proposed project on postsecondary readiness and the role of the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) during their meeting on Dec. 9.
Twelve public high school students have been named as new members of the 2025-2026 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, joining nine returning members.
Students from across the Commonwealth gathered at the Kentucky State Fair on Aug. 18 to compete in the first-ever School Garden Salsa Challenge.
Kentucky students took home several awards during the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta on June 23-27.
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has approved extending COVID relief funding for two small projects in Boone County – one for almost $26,000 for an interactive online learning platform and another project for almost $18,600 to fund one year of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
On March 28, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) received a letter from the U.S. Secretary of Education stating that the time to spend all federal funds related to COVID relief was amended to end on March 28. This action came after Kentucky was notified by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) in September 2024 that it could spend its remaining funds through March 2026.
Educators Rising Kentucky has selected 10 students to represent aspiring educators from across the Commonwealth at the 2025 national conference, which will be held in June in Orlando, Fla.
Jenna Stewart, a 5th-grade mathematics teacher at Longbranch Elementary School (Boone County), was celebrated on Dec. 11 as the latest Kentucky educator to receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has named the new class of ambassadors for the GoTeachKY initiative.
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.