Kentucky Department of Education

​Nine Kentucky public school districts join 530 other districts nationwide and in Canada on the third annual Advanced Placement® (AP) District Honor Roll.  See news release for more information.

​Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday is the president-elect of the Council of Chief State School Officers’ (CCSSO’s) 2013-14 Board of Directors. See news release for more information.

​Three Kentucky principals will participate in the Minority Superintendent Internship Program (MSIP), an initiative designed to identify and train a pool of highly-qualified and highly-effective ethnic minority superintendent candidates for Kentucky’s school districts. See news release for more information.

​The first results from Kentucky’s Unbridled Learning accountability model indicate that, in 2011-12, slightly more than 47 percent of the state’s public high school students were prepared for college and/or careers, the Kentucky Department of Education announced today.  See news release for more information.

​KDE has posted a Request for Applications (RFA) for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC). This grant is open to public school systems and faith-based and community organizations. The deadline for submission is Dec. 5. To view information about the RFA, click here.

​Kristal Doolin, a language arts teacher at Corbin Middle School in the Corbin Independent school district, is the 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.  See news release for more information.

​Three Kentucky public schools have been designated as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.  See news release for more information.