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Three principals chosen for Minority Superintendent Internship Program

Three Kentucky principals will participate in the Minority Superintendent Internship Program (MSIP), an initiative designed to identify and train a pool of highly-qualified and highly-effective ethnic minority superintendent candidates for Kentucky’s school districts. After a rigorous application and interview process, the Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Next-Generation Professionals, in partnership with the newly designated MSIP Advisory Council, nominated these [...]

By |2012-11-08T10:08:29-05:00November 8, 2012|

Close the Deal helping students map college, career course

Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson Starr Roberts is just the kind of smart young woman you’d want as a friend, a neighbor, or a coworker.  She’s a senior at St. Catharine College, completing degrees in business and early childhood studies, and was elected student body president.  But she almost didn’t go to college at all. As a student at [...]

By |2012-10-31T11:48:35-04:00November 1, 2012|

Federal grant to improve special needs training

Kentucky and 21 other states will share $24 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Education to improve personnel training systems to help children with disabilities. In the first year of the five-year grant, Kentucky will receive $1,137,671 from the State Personnel Development Grants Program, authorized by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The program provides [...]

By |2020-01-22T15:26:51-05:00October 25, 2012|

Three public schools earn Blue Ribbon honors

Three Kentucky public schools have been designated as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. The three are: Trapp Elementary, Clark County Rosa Parks Elementary, Fayette County Porter Elementary, Johnson County Rock Creek Elementary in Louisville; Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills; St. Henry High in Erlanger; Saint James Catholic Regional School in Elizabethtown; and Seton [...]

By |2012-10-16T09:03:31-04:00October 18, 2012|

KDE launches redesigned Web presence

Today, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) launched a redesigned website that is designed to connect parents, educators, lawmakers and the public with the agency’s vast compilation of data and information. The new website address is the same – http://www.education.ky.gov– but the setup and navigation are redesigned dramatically. “The goal of this change is to reach our various audiences more [...]

By |2012-10-18T11:00:56-04:00October 18, 2012|

Students selected for advisory council

Four Kentucky public high school students have been named to the Next-Generation Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday. The newly-selected members will serve for one year. Vincent Cao – 11th grade, Paul Laurence Dunbar High, Fayette Co. David Hormell – 11th grade, Martha Layne Collins High, Shelby Co. Sarah Howard – [...]

By |2012-10-16T09:00:20-04:00October 18, 2012|

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) publishes Kentucky Teacher to communicate directly with the state’s 40,000 public school teachers. The stories of this award-winning publication include news, perspectives, and practical, workable ideas for guiding students to higher levels of achievement.

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