Jenna Stewart, a 5th-grade mathematics teacher at Longbranch Elementary School (Boone County), was celebrated on Dec. 11 as the latest Kentucky educator to receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.
The Local Superintendent Advisory Council (LSAC) approved a new regulation on the certification of nonpublic schools during the Nov. 26 council meeting.
Members of the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council (SCAAC) discussed teacher recruitment and retention during their meeting on Nov. 19.
Members of the Superintendents Advisory Council (SAC) discussed Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) science results as related to the accountability system during the council’s meeting on Nov. 12.
Charles Broughton was hired in April as the superintendent of Daviess County Public Schools and began his tenure on July 1.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE) Family Partnership Council discussed KDE’s Early Warning, Insights and Persistence to Graduation Data Tools to support dropout prevention efforts during its meeting on Nov. 6.
Members of the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council discussed ways to address vaping and substance use within schools during their council meeting on Oct. 29.
Wendy Duvall was named the 21st superintendent for Owensboro Independent and officially began her duties on July 1.
Kentucky Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) shared information on how education technology tools and resources could be used to monitor the effectiveness of interventions to reduce chronic absenteeism within schools during the EdTech Webcast on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Members of the Kentucky United We Learn Council continued to narrow down what new assessment and accountability systems might look like during the group’s fall convening on Oct. 21-22.