Since 1983, the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP) has empowered and uplifted thousands of rising high school seniors to prepare them to become leaders in their communities.
After 22 years of working in education, Contessa Orr has started the next chapter in her career on July 1 as superintendent of Muhlenberg County Schools. Former superintendent Robby Davis retired after five years in the role.
Creating a virtual school is a tremendous undertaking in the best of times. Creating one during a pandemic, requires gumption.
On June 30, Ann Brewster officially retired at age 80 from her 59-year teaching career. “I swore I never would [become a teacher],” Brewster said. “My dad was a superintendent … my mom was a teacher and taught her whole life.”
In his famous 1961 “moon shot” speech, President John F. Kennedy told Congress, “Now it is time to take longer strides, time for a great new American enterprise, time for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on earth.”
About four years ago, the old me - the one who didn’t like to speak in front of crowds, the one who didn’t like controversy or conflict, the one who never dreamed of going against the grain unknowingly - opened a door to a life of advocacy and leadership.
Let me start off by saying this is the continuation of something so admirable for the future of this Board of Education and the students of our Commonwealth. The work we have done these past two years will transcend far beyond this current moment and soon touch every stakeholder in this system.
Monica Raines, executive administrative secretary to the Kentucky Department of Education’s deputy commissioner and chief equity officer, received the 2022 Teresa Perry Compassion Award during the Kentucky Board of Education’s June 8 meeting.
As schools transitioned away from the high-stakes accountability environment of No Child Left Behind in 2015, many Kentucky schools and districts began a journey toward deeper, more personalized learning as a path to equity for ALL learners.
As the focus around student mental health grows through legislation, policy changes, and continued discussion, it is becoming more apparent that support is crucial, especially in Kentucky.