The Kentucky Board of Education voted Feb. 6 to pass a resolution requesting the Kentucky General Assembly to form a task force in 2019 focused on making structural and funding reforms in career and technical education in Kentucky ahead of the 2020 biennial budget session.
KDE’s Social Studies Advisory Panel met this week to consider a charge from the Kentucky Board of Education to address concerns about specificity that emerged from feedback on the standards.
Social studies teachers from across the Commonwealth met Oct. 15-16 at the Kentucky Department of Education’s offices to thoughtfully consider and respond to the 1,227 respondents who provided 5,306 public comments on the survey of the draft Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies.
K-12 teachers, postsecondary representatives and members of the business community have all been involved in writing the new standards, which are now out for public comment.
The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking feedback on the revised Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies.
The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking feedback on the current social studies standards.