Fletcher confirmed as next commissioner of education by Kentucky Senate
The Kentucky Senate approved Robbie Fletcher, Ed.D., to be the Commonwealth’s next commissioner of education.
Kentucky Board of Education discusses Impact Kentucky Survey results during April meeting
Members of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) discussed the results of the 2023 Impact Kentucky Survey during their meeting April 9-10.
Kentucky Board of Education celebrates CTE Month, provides update on commissioner search
Members of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) discussed career and technical education (CTE) during their meeting on Feb. 7. February marks CTE Month across the country, an effort to raise awareness of the role that CTE has in readying learners for college and career success.
Portraits of a learner, commissioner search discussed during Kentucky Board of Education meeting
Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) members discussed how the adoption and implementation of locally-developed portraits of a learner can serve as catalysts to transform the student experience for every Kentucky learner during the KBE meeting on Dec. 6-7.
Kentucky United We Learn Council focuses on ‘moonshot’ proposal during fall convening
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Kentucky United We Learn Council met for its regular fall convening on Nov. 2-3.
Kentucky Board of Education approves additional budget requests, discusses Portrait of a Learner implementation
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved a final list of priorities for additional budget requests during its annual retreat and regular meeting at Dale Hollow Lake State Park on Aug. 2-3.
KBE honors Henderson County’s assistive technology team with 2023 Grissom Award
The Henderson Assistive Technology Team (HATT) was presented with the 2023 Grissom Award for Innovation in Special Education at the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE's) Aug. 3 regular meeting.
Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass to leave post Sept. 29
Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass announced July 31 that he will step down from his position on Sept. 29 in order to become associate vice president of teaching and learning at Western Michigan University.
Kentucky Department of Education’s Bill Buchanan named 2022 Kevin M. Noland/Mary Ann Miller Award winner
Bill Buchanan, an early learning adviser in the Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Early Learning (OSEEL), was named the recipient of the 2022 Kevin M. Noland-Mary Ann Miller Award at the Dec. 7 Kentucky Board of Education Meeting.
Sharon Porter Robinson awarded the 2022 Smith-Wilson Award for Civil and Human Rights in Education
Sharon Porter Robinson has spent almost five decades working in and for education and a lifetime doing civil rights work. On April 7, she was recognized for her efforts with the 2022 Lucy Harth Smith-Atwood S. Wilson Award for Civil and Human Rights in Education at the 50th Kentucky Education Association (KEA) Delegate Assembly.