2025 Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year encourages students to live out their dreams
Scott Johnson’s path to becoming an educator was a way to pay forward the inspiration, love and value he received growing up.
PHOTOS: 2024 STLP State Championship
Nearly 21,000 students, educators, volunteers, community members and parents gathered at the Central Bank Center in Lexington to watch students from across the state showcase their knowledge at the 2024 STLP State Championship.
2023 Kentucky STLP event breaks records, recognizes student achievement in technology
A record-breaking crowd attended Kentucky's Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) State Championship on April 19.
Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky expands and upgrades to further STEAM education access in Appalachia, Kentucky
Now in its 23rd year, the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky has a longstanding history of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education.
Ashland Middle School students use STLP state championship project to help Alzheimer’s patients
Caroline Yates, an 8th grade student at Ashland Middle School (Ashland Independent), wanted to use her student technology leadership program (STLP) project to explore an issue close to her family - Alzheimer’s.
State championship STLP project helps Russell-McDowell students connect to their community
Fifth-grade student Zander Everman from Russell-McDowell Intermediate School (Russell Independent) felt like a lot of his peers used the Greenup County War Memorial as a playground, with no real context on the history or significance of the memorial. Everman, alongside classmates Zaina Razak and Jimmylee Mullins, wanted to change that.
Ignite Institute’s robotics team wins 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship
The Ignite Institute’s (Boone County) robotics team – PiBotics 38141B – won the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship May 7 in Dallas, Texas. Of the 20,000 teams registered, only 818 teams from 40 countries were selected for the world competition.
State champions recognized during 2022 Kentucky STLP championship
Kentucky’s Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) State Championship was held in person last month for the first time in three years. Four state champions were named in elementary, middle and high school, as well as an overall winner.
Jefferson County’s Jessica Goodman receives $25,000 Milken Award
Jessica Goodman, a kindergarten through 5th grade Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher at Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County), was celebrated on April 22 as the latest Kentucky educator to receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
James Academy, a new girls’ STEAM school, does everything differently
The Grace M. James Academy for Excellence in Jefferson County is an Afrocentric, single-gender STEAM school designed to give middle school students from historically marginalized groups a different educational and social experience.