Kentucky superintendents heard updates on a recent resolution the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) passed supporting public funds for public schools, along with KBE priorities and continued efforts to reform the state’s assessment and accountability systems during the Superintendents Webcast on Oct. 10.
Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) members approved their list of legislative priorities for 2025 during the KBE meeting on Oct. 7-8.
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.
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.
The start of the school year is always an exciting time, but sometimes our communities face challenges that can overshadow the amazing things happening in our classrooms and weigh on us as people. I know there have been some very difficult moments for some districts, students, families and communities, not just in Kentucky, but across the nation.
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 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 Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Commissioner’s Teachers Advisory Council met on Sept. 12 to give feedback on chronic absenteeism across the Commonwealth.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) unveiled the latest assessment and accountability prototype during the Superintendents Webcast on Sept. 12 and is asking districts to provide feedback on the proposed model.