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Public feedback sought on new minimum high school graduation requirements
September 17,2019 / General info / 0 CommentsNews ReleaseSeptember 17, 2019 (FRANKFORT, KY) - The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking public feedback on the state’s new minimum high school graduation requirements. Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis and KDE staff will hold four town hall forums across the state in September and October. One online forum will be held via webinar and feedback will be solicited electronically for those who cannot attend in person. The times, dates and locations of the town...
What's New: Science and Social Studies Standards
August 22,2019 / General info / 0 CommentsKentucky's Social Studies Standards Call for Deep Engagement We want Kentucky students to be increasingly able to “Think and solve problems in school situations and in a variety of situations they will encounter in life.” Yesterday’s post looked at how our science standards call for deep work to meet that expectation from our 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act. Now, let’s turn to social studies, where our standards value problem-solving that includes attention to diverse...
Accountability in Kentucky
August 21,2019 / General info / 0 CommentsKentucky’s accountability system is grounded in over two years of outreach and engagement efforts with thousands of Kentuckians, including educators at all levels, families, businesses, education partners, policymakers and communities. In developing the system, we challenged our residents to think boldly and innovate to take our system of public education in Kentucky to the next level. Kentuckians brought forth a shared vision of K-12 public education in our state that each and every...
KY School Accountability Measures
August 21,2019 / General info / 0 CommentsWith the implementation of any new system, especially one as big as this, there are always growing pains and questions. I would like to take a few moments to discuss Kentucky’s new accountability system, what it will mean for schools and students this academic year, and help prepare you for this transition. The new system has been in development for quite some time. It came about in response to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a bipartisan law enacted by the 114th U.S....
KY SENT: Support for New Teachers
December 10,2018 / General info / 0 CommentsBill Gates once said, "Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to be great." For the past thirty-four years new teachers across the Commonwealth of Kentucky have been mentored through the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program. Funding for this valuable program was suspended this year. With the absence of a state-wide teacher internship program, new teachers have to individually seek support during their early years of teaching. Fortunately a new...
Business and education leaders calling for transformational change in education
November 28,2018 / General info / 0 CommentsLEXINGTON, Ky. – A report calling for transformational change to improve Kentucky’s education attainment and workforce quality is expected to be rolled out by a group called the Business-Education Roundtable on December 3. The report, Striving to be Top Tier for Talent: Average Isn’t Good Enough, is the result of a two-year initiative of public-and private-sector leaders to review Kentucky’s education and workforce systems and recommend programs and strategies to ensure individual,...