Kentucky’s 2023 graduating class improves ACT scores
The statewide average composite score was 18.7, marking an improvement from 18.6 in 2022. A total of 54 Kentucky students achieved a perfect score of 36.
New Kentucky Reading League chapter to host informational meeting
A new Reading League chapter is coming to the Commonwealth! An awareness meeting for the Kentucky chapter of the Reading League will be hosted virtually on Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. ET.
Shifting Practices: How LETRS training impacted an educator’s structured literacy journey
KDE is providing access to Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS), as part of the Kentucky Reading Academies. LETRS is a two-year, in-depth, job-embedded professional learning series; it is not a program.
Superintendents hear update on literacy efforts, ESSER funds during Superintendents Webcast
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) provided an update on the department’s efforts to bolster literacy education during the Superintendents Webcast on Aug. 15.
Kentucky chapter of The Reading League being formed
Educators from Fayette County Public Schools are forming a Kentucky chapter of The Reading League.
Growing early literacy top priority with Kentucky Reading Academies
Over 1,800 Kentucky educators and administrators are currently a part of the first cohort of LETRS professional learning. Applications for the second cohort, which starts in October, are open now.
Research opportunities in reading, social studies available for Kentucky districts, teachers
Districts and teachers are invited to participate in the U.S. Department of Education’s Promoting Adolescents’ Comprehension of Text (PACT) research program.
KDE Family Partnership Council hears update on ‘Read at Home’ guidance
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE) Family Partnership Council discussed new guidance for the “Read at Home” plans the department has started rolling out for schools and districts during their meeting on March 9.
KDE testifies on literacy programs, initiatives to legislative committee
Representatives of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Teaching and Learning updated state lawmakers on March 7 about the progress of new early literacy initiatives.
Bowling Green Independent Schools meets refugee, migrant families where they are with Teranga Academy
Teranga Academy (Bowling Green Independent Schools) is designed to support teens and their families who are new to the United States and to American schools. The academy is open to Bowling Green Junior High and Bowling Green High School students who have been in the United States for three years or less, are multilingual and have had their formal education interrupted.