The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council (SCAAC) discussed work-based learning as an option for showing students are postsecondary ready in Kentucky’s accountability system during its Nov. 15 regular meeting.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical Education has released “CTE Basics: A Professional Learning Library,” a SharePoint site to support career advising, the implementation of the Kentucky Academic Standards for Career Studies and the individual learning plan (ILP).
Five Career and Technical Education (CTE) professionals were judged the recipients of 2022 CTE achievement awards. The annual CTE awards program is sponsored by the Kentucky Farm Bureau and is administered by the Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education (KACTE).
Bill Bates began the role of the Kentucky Department of Education’s exceptional child education consultant for career and technical education (CTE) on July 15. For Bates, a fourth-generation teacher, the position is a dream come true.
A total of 43 Kentucky public high schools have received the prestigious College Success Award from GreatSchools.org, the nation’s leading nonprofit providing school information to parents and families. Now in its fifth year, the annual recognition honors public high schools that excel at preparing students to enroll and succeed in college, as determined by available data in each state.
Positioned to provide more opportunities for high school students across the commonwealth, Gov. Andy Beshear congratulated the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE's) Office of Career and Technical Education on its selection as one of the first national Apprenticeship Ambassadors.
More than 60 middle and high school students and teachers from 16 schools represented Kentucky during the 2022 Technology Student Association (TSA) National Conference held in Grapevine, Tex., and several brought home awards.
Six years ago, former Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) Associate Director Dessie Bowling had an idea for a sustainable program that would give area technology center (ATC) students an opportunity to build tiny houses in eastern Kentucky.
Associate Commissioner David Horseman could have retired a few years ago, but the timing never felt right. There were too many projects in the works, and he simply wasn’t ready to leave the Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) at the Kentucky Department of Education.
Kentucky Commissioner of Education and Chief Learner Jason E. Glass announced Beth Hargis as the new associate commissioner in the Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE).