KET provides more learning help with PBS programming
Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is offering new education frameworks for PBS LearningMedia and PBS Kids to help Kentucky students with blended learning.
KDE releases COVID-19 guidance on tracking participation and small groups for in-person targeted services and orientation
The Kentucky Department of Education has released new COVID-19 reopening guidance on participation tracking in Infinite Campus and small groups for in-person orientation and targeted services.
Gov. Beshear asks Kentucky superintendents to delay in-person classes until Sept. 28
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked superintendents of the state’s 171 school districts Aug. 10 to delay opening schools for in-person instruction until the week of Sept. 28 due to high number of Kentuckians testing positive for COVID-19, especially among children.
Kentucky Board of Education grants additional COVID-19 flexibility to the Commonwealth’s school districts
At its Aug. 6 meeting, the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved two emergency regulations that will provide districts with additional flexibility as they head into the 2020-2021 school year.
KDE town hall answers Kentucky teachers’ questions about reopening
Officials from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and school reopening and took questions from teachers around the state during an online Town Hall on July 23.
KDE school curriculum committee hears details concerning graduation requirements, NTI, 2020-2021 school year
The School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council (SCAAC) met on July 21 to discuss graduation requirements, non-traditional instruction (NTI) programming and the legislative impacts for the 2020-2021 school year.
Memorandum signed waiving leave limits; more KDE guidance released
By Jim Gaines jim.gaines@education.ky.gov Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, who also serves as secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, has signed a memorandum from Interim Commissioner of Education Kevin C. Brown that is the first step in giving local school boards more flexibility in offering emergency leave for school district employees affected by COVID-19. The memo waives the normal [...]
SAC members review new KDE COVID-19 reopening guidance, discuss virtual schools
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Superintendent Advisory Council met virtually July 20 to take a look at guidance released by the department on special education, compensatory education and daily participation for non-traditional instruction.
KDE releases new COVID-19 guidance on special education, compensatory education, daily participation for NTI
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) released three new COVID-19 reopening guidance documents on July 20 on special education and preschool students, compensatory education and student participation for non-traditional instruction (NTI).
KBE affirms its commitment to racial equity in Kentucky public schools
The Kentucky Board of Education approved a resolution affirming its commitment to racial equity in Kentucky’s public schools, voted to provide additional flexibility to school districts and announced Kentucky’s new education commissioner during a special meeting on July 10.