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A superintendent from eastern Kentucky will become the state’s next education commissioner. The appointment of Robbie Fletcher was approved on Thursday in a special meeting of the Kentucky Board of Education.
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Three finalists were named Friday in the search for the Kentucky Department of Education’s next commissioner.
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Almost a quarter of Kentucky teachers left the classroom last school year, according to data from the Kentucky Department of Education.
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Robin Fields Kinney is the fifth person to lead the Kentucky Department of Education in as many years. Kinney told reporters her goal as interim commissioner is to “keep the train on the tracks."
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Kinney was selected by the Kentucky Department of Education to take over for Jason Glass. She assumes the role on Sept. 30.
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Jason Glass will leave his position as Kentucky’s top education official to take a position at Western Michigan University. He has been the target of conservative politicians over his promotion of inclusive school policies.
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A disagreement over the meaning of “or” in a controversial anti-trans law has ignited the latest conflict between a prominent Republican lawmaker and the Kentucky Department of Education.
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Kentucky law is supposed to insulate the state’s education commissioner and board from politics. But the position has become a political battleground in recent years as governors and lawmakers fight over control.
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Uvalde massacre prompted Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council to look at gun violence
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The U.S.’s most reliable nationally-normed test shows declines in math and reading skills in Kentucky and nationwide since the pandemic.