Resting on a hill overlooking the town of Martin, the Floyd County School of Innovation (FCSI) provides students with career and technical education (CTE) experiences. When it opened its doors in 2020, it became a beacon of opportunity for computer science, engineering, healthcare and, as of 2021, agriculture education.
Barren County is like many rural areas throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky: a close-knit community with a trades-based economy. Recognizing this, community leaders, including fiscal court officials, came together with a task for Barren County Area Technology Center students.
Students participating in one of 32 different career and technical education (CTE) programs across Kentucky got the chance to show what they are learning at the Kentucky State Capitol on Feb. 21.
After more than 10 years, Breathitt County Schools will no longer be under any form of state management or assistance.
When he started his junior year at Henderson County High School, Evan Legate wanted to make a change in his life.
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.
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.