Twelve new members selected for KDE’s 2025-2026 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council
Twelve public high school students have been named as new members of the 2025-2026 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, joining nine returning members.
JCPS chief of exceptional child education, Hogsett Primary School’s Bridges Program receive 2025 Grissom Award
Jefferson County’s Kimberly Chevalier and Hogsett Primary School’s Bridges Program were presented with the 2025 Grissom Award for Innovation in Special Education at the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) meeting on Aug. 7.
Danville’s Harold McKinney brings extensive public service knowledge to the Kentucky Board of Education
Gov. Andy Beshear named McKinney to the KBE in March to complete a term that ends on April 14, 2028. He represents the 3rd Supreme Court District.
15 educators named to KDE’s Teachers Advisory Council for 2024-2025
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.
Eleven new members selected for KDE’s 2024-2025 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council
Eleven Kentucky public high school students have been named new members to the 2024-2025 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) announced May 20.
Ron Ballard takes on a new role in his hometown as superintendent for Danville Independent
Being the first to graduate in his family and having no intention of ever going to college, Ron Ballard said it was the educators in his life that changed his path.
Danville Independent school recognized as Green Ribbon School for mental health and environmental upgrades
The Mary G. Hogsett Primary School (Danville Independent) was named a 2023 Green Ribbon School for its efforts to establish more efficient and effective mental and physical health services for students.
Danville Independent Schools using ESSER funds to provide after-school strings program for students
Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School (Danville Independent) has partnered with the Heritage Area Strings Program (HASP) to create a free after-school program where students have the choice of learning how to play the violin, viola or cello.
Two Kentucky schools earn 2023 Green Ribbon Schools award
The U.S. Department of Education announced two Kentucky schools, Cardinal Valley Elementary (Fayette County) and Mary G. Hogsett Primary School (Danville Independent), have earned the 2023 Green Ribbon Schools award.
Eleven educators named to KDE’s Principals Advisory Council for three-year term
Eleven new members have been selected to join the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Principals Advisory Council (PrAC), Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass announced on Nov. 22.