State board of education votes to settle student funding dispute
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) adopted a final order on Oct. 7 that settles a long-running dispute between the Pineville Independent and Bell County school districts.
Kevin Nolan named 2020 winner of KBE’s Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership
Kevin Nolan, president and CEO of GE Appliances, is this year’s recipient of the Kelly Award for Business and Education Partnership from the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE). The award was announced at the KBE's Oct. 7 regular meeting.
New KDE ‘Keep, Stop, Start’ survey seeks ideas from across the state on future of education
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has opened a community survey to gather ideas and thoughts from school officials, educators and other education partners across the state to help guide strategy on what the future of education should look like in Kentucky.
Louisville junior selected as first student member on Kentucky Board of Education
The Kentucky Department of Education announced Oct. 2 that Solyana Mesfin of Louisville was selected as the first active public school student in the Commonwealth to hold a seat on the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE).
Kentucky teachers provide feedback on back-to-school during COVID-19
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Teachers Advisory Council convened virtually Oct. 1 to provide feedback to the department on how their back-to-school experiences have gone thus far.
Konz Tatman named chief communications officer at KDE
Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass announced Oct. 1 that he has named Toni Konz Tatman chief communications officer for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE).
Kentucky superintendents share school reopening advice, get revised metric for holding in-person classes
Participants in the Kentucky Department of Education’s Sept. 29 Special Superintendents’ Webcast heard from leaders of four school districts on how reopening to in-person instruction amid the pandemic has gone so far, and from state officials about updates to the color-coded metric used to determine whether to hold in-person classes.
Local Superintendents Advisory Council voices support for NTI recommendation
Members of the Local Superintendents Advisory Council (LSAC) voiced their approval of a recommendation that could make it easier for school districts to apply each year for the Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) Program during a virtual meeting on Sept. 29.
Commissioner Glass hosts Q&A with Kentucky superintendents
In his first meeting with the Superintendents Advisory Council on Sept. 28, Kentucky’s Education Commissioner Jason E. Glass held a virtual question-and-answer session to allow members to ask questions of him and KDE and to better get to know members and their districts.
KDE awarded federal grant to recruit, retain local and state program leaders to improve outcomes for students with disabilities
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE's) Office of Special Education and Early Learning has been awarded a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs.