KSB’s Crystal Sohl receives 2024 Teresa Perry Compassion Award
Crystal Sohl, a paraprofessional at the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB), received the 2024 Teresa Perry Compassion Award during the Kentucky Board of Education meeting on June 6.
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.
KBE names Bowling Green Independent educator Emily Lehman winner of the 2024 Robinson Award
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) presented the 2024 Robinson Award for Diversity and Equity in Public Education to Emily Lehman, a 5th-grade educator for W.R. McNeill Elementary (Bowling Green Independent), at its April 10 meeting.
Kentucky Board of Education names Dr. Robbie Fletcher as the next commissioner of education
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) selected Robbie Fletcher, the superintendent of Lawrence County Schools, as Kentucky’s next commissioner of education.
KBE votes to enter into contract negotiations with commissioner of education finalist
At its meeting on March 19, the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) authorized the KBE Chair Sharon Porter Robinson to enter into contract negotiations with the preferred candidate for the next commissioner of education. The proposed negotiated contract will be presented to the full board for approval at a future special called meeting.
Nominations open for KBE’s David Karem Award for Excellence in Education Policy
The award, named for former board chairman David Karem, recognizes a state policymaker, education leader or citizen who has made notable, state-level contributions to the improvement of Kentucky’s public education system.
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.
KBE’s Kevin C. Brown Award presented to Hopkins County School District
The Hopkins County school district was named the winner of the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) 2023 Kevin C. Brown Strategic Priority Award at its Feb. 7 regular meeting.
Kentucky Board of Education approves job posting for commissioner search
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved a candidate profile and job description in the search for a new education commissioner during a special meeting held on Dec. 14.
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.
