Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Health Program Administrator Stephanie Bunge discussed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) at the Commissioner’s School Counselor Advisory Council (SCAC) meeting on Sept. 26.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) continues to build on Kentucky’s top-tier internet infrastructure, partnering with Education Networks of America (ENA) by Zayo to modernize and upgrade internet connectivity within Kentucky’s 171 school districts, the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, Kentucky’s 50 area technology centers and the KDE office in Frankfort.
Stephanie Bellot-Donaldson, a Spanish teacher in the Spanish Immersion program at Hawthorne Elementary School (Jefferson County), is the 2024 recipient of the Kentucky World Language Association (KWLA) Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. She received the award on Sept. 14 at the KWLA Fall Conference.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) publicly released assessment and accountability data for the 2023-2024 school year on Oct. 3, as required by state statute and the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.
Fifteen Kentucky public school educators have been named to the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE) Teachers Advisory Council (TAC) for the 2024-2025 school year, Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher announced Sept. 27.
Education leaders from across the Commonwealth gathered Sept. 26 in the Capitol Rotunda where We Lead Computer Science (CS) announced $100,000 in microgrants to chambers of commerce to work with businesses and schools to build the state’s tech talent pipeline.
The Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) heard an update from Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) staff on the latest stage of work transforming the Commonwealth’s assessment and accountability systems during its Sept. 24 meeting.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) presented 16 awards for best practices to schools and districts during the 2024 Continuous Improvement Summit at the Central Bank Center in Lexington on Sept. 23-24.
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has named five Kentucky public schools as 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set the income eligibility guidelines for students and adults to participate in free, reduced-price meal programs through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for 2024-2025. The CACFP is federally funded through the USDA and is administered by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), Division of School and Community Nutrition.