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New Data: Nearly 11 million free meals served to Kentucky kids during summer 2025

No Kid Hungry Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and Feeding Kentucky have unveiled new data showing that – for the first time in history – free summer meals for kids were available in all 120 counties of the state. Between May and August 2025, almost 11 million free summer meals were served to Kentucky’s children at meal sites throughout the Commonwealth – up from 8.1 million in summer 2024 and 5.3 million in summer 2023.

By |2026-01-13T09:19:44-05:00January 13, 2026|

Kentucky teacher selected for the 2024 National STEM Scholar Program

Selected to take part in a professional development program, Kourtney Taylor, an educator from Stanford in Lincoln County, said she hopes her achievement will encourage students within her district to get excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.

By |2024-06-28T14:33:16-04:00June 28, 2024|

Educator Spotlight: Aretha Whaley

Aretha Whaley didn’t begin her professional career as an educator. When she graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor’s degree in English, she took a position as an assistant manager at a bookstore to be surrounded by her love of literature. 

By |2024-02-12T12:57:16-05:00February 16, 2024|

22 Kentucky Teacher Achievement Award winners named for 2024

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) announced the selection of 22 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2024 Kentucky Teacher Achievement Awards on July 5. These teachers qualify to compete for the 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced in September.

By |2023-07-05T15:53:09-04:00July 5, 2023|

Best Practices schools recognized

During the annual Continuous Improvement Summit Sept. 19 in Lexington, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) recognized five schools and two districts for best practices.

By |2017-09-20T13:47:25-04:00September 19, 2017|

Tiny house teaching big lessons

Casey County High School teacher Garlen Whitis decided go small for his construction class after years teaching students to build larger homes.

By |2017-04-25T08:39:26-04:00April 25, 2017|

A look back at 2014 in photos

This year I had the opportunity to photograph a couple of events that have been going on for years, but I had never attended, such as the graduation ceremony at the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center and bus driver training.

By |2018-09-21T13:44:00-04:00January 8, 2015|

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