Caroline Yates, an 8th grade student at Ashland Middle School (Ashland Independent), wanted to use her student technology leadership program (STLP) project to explore an issue close to her family – Alzheimer’s.
“[It affects] my grandma – so it affects my mom and my grandpa,” explained Yates.
Yates was a part of a 15-person student team that worked on Ashland Middle School’s (AMS’) “Helping Those in Need” project, which took home Best Grade 6-8 Project at the STLP State Championship on April 20.
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After eight years of being a state-managed or state-assisted district, Menifee County Schools has been released from state assistance.
During the Kentucky Board of Education’s (KBE’s) regular meeting on June 8, the board heard from Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Associate Commissioner Kelly Foster on the management audit of and the school district and approved its release.
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As the country continues to face challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers, Kentucky Education Commissioner and Chief Learner Jason E. Glass and others from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) presented before the Interim Joint Committee on Education on June 7 to discuss how to increase and maintain the state’s teacher workforce.
Glass began his presentation by inviting the committee members to reflect on their own experiences as a learner and share who they consider to be a great teacher in their life.
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Monica Raines, executive administrative secretary to the Kentucky Department of Education’s deputy commissioner and chief equity officer, received the 2022 Teresa Perry Compassion Award during the Kentucky Board of Education’s June 8 meeting.
Raines has worked at the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) since 2001, when she started as an administrative assistant. She became an administrative secretary in 2005, an administrative specialist III in 2014 and executive administrative secretary in 2019.
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