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Revised Kentucky Academic Standards for Visual and Performing Arts adopted into Law
Revised Kentucky Academic Standards for Visual and Performing Arts adopted into Law After undergoing a rigorous revision process that began in the winter of 2021, the revised Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Visual and Performing Arts have been adopted into law. The process included revisions by [...]
Kentucky Awarded the Federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant
Kentucky Awarded the Federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant On September 3, 2024, the United States Department of Education (USDE) awarded the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) a 5-year, $54,985,544.00, Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) grant to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading and writing, [...]
Applications Sought for Reading and Writing Standards and Assessment Review Committees
Applications Sought for Reading and Writing Standards and Assessment Review Committees The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is accepting applications for the Reading and Writing Standards and Assessment Review Committee (RC) and Advisory Panels (AP). KRS 158.6453 calls for the KDE to implement a process for reviewing [...]
FY25 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Fund Mini Grant RFA
FY25 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Fund Mini Grant RFA The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Teaching and Learning has issued a request for applications (RFA) for the fiscal year 2025 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Fund Mini-Grants. Kentucky public school districts must apply on behalf [...]
Developing Skilled Middle and High School Readers Webinar Series Session 2 Materials and Recording Available Now!
Developing Skilled Middle and High School Readers Webinar Series Session 2 Materials and Recording Available Now! As early literacy instruction in Kentucky continues to transform with structured literacy practices, Kentucky Reading Academies’ LETRS professional learning, and the Read to Succeed Act (SB 9, 2022), the Developing Skilled Middle and High [...]
Content Area Implementation Guides
Content Area Implementation Guides The purpose of the standards implementation guides is to help schools and districts identify resources available from the Kentucky Department of Education to support standards implementation. Schools and districts may be in various stages of the standards implementation process and the standards implementation guides provide a list of resources by the [...]