Educators Rising Kentucky announces state delegates
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.
KDE’s summer learning initiative to provide free books, resources in 29 districts
Twenty-nine districts will be participating in this year’s Summer Boost: Reading and Mathematics Program, a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), the Summer Food Service Program and the Children’s Reading Foundation.
Henry County sophomores receive Hugh O’Brian Youth Award for leadership
HOBY was founded by Hugh O’Brian in 1958 as a non-profit organization to inspire a community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation.
Servant leadership guides Jim Masters as new Henry County superintendent
Jim Masters started on Sept. 15, 2021 as the new Henry County superintendent after previously serving as the director of k-12 curriculum and instruction in Franklin County. Masters plans to focus on improving student learning and building relationships with students and staff.
Steve Miracle brings military, education experience as Marshall County’s new superintendent
Steve Miracle graduated from Henry County High School in May of 1987. By August, he already had enlisted into the Navy and had begun boot camp.
Kentucky schools receive EPA funding to replace 36 buses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 2020 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebate awards. This rebate allows eligible school districts to reduce the harmful emissions from older, dirtier vehicles and replace them with newer cleaner diesel or alternative fuel buses, which may include propane.
KBE SPOTLIGHT | JoAnn Adams’ roots in Kentucky public education run deep
Kentucky Board of Education member JoAnn Adams taught for 33 years. She comes from a family of teachers that included her mother, grandmother, grandfather, great-grandmother and now, her daughter.
KDE Employee Spotlight: LaShonda Hardin
This week is #LoveTeaching Week and to continue to honor CTE Month, the KDE Employee Spotlight goes to one of KDE’s amazing Area Technology Center teachers, LaShonda Hardin.
KBE votes to allow school boards to postpone charter school training
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) voted at its regular meeting Feb. 4 to grant waivers to school boards wishing to hold off on 12 hours of charter school authorizer training until they receive a charter school application.
Commissioner convenes task force to study statewide curriculum development process
Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne D. Lewis is convening a task force charged with making recommendations on improving the process of developing quality curriculum for Kentucky's public schools.