State: Kentucky
Kentucky
Your Guide to Data and Services for Kentucky
SREB works with Kentucky policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education. From this page, find independent, accurate data, reliable best practices and ways to share scarce resources — plus details on how Kentucky uses SREB’s targeted programs and services.
Kentucky Members of the Board
Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, Frankfort,
ex officio (2023)
Laura Arnold, Director of Workforce Development,
Nelson County Public Schools, Bardstown (2022)
John “Bam” Carney, State Representative,
Campbellsville (2021)
Felicia Cumings Smith, US Regions Senior
Director, National Geographic, Frankfort (2024)
Nancy Tate, State Representative, Brandenburg
(2023)
(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms
expire June 30 of the specified year.)
Kentucky Members of the Legislative Advisory Council
John “Bam” Carney, State Representative,
Campbellsville
Steve Riley, State Representative, Glasgow
Nancy Tate, State Representative,
Brandenburg
Mike Wilson, State Senator, Bowling Green
Max Wise, State Senator, Campbellsville
Kentucky
Student and Faculty Diversity
These state profiles compare the demographics of college faculty and the general and college student populations in each SREB state. The data compare the percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and white students with the percentage of faculty in those groups at two-year and technical colleges, public four-year institutions and private four-year institutions.
Kentucky
College Affordability Profile
To help policymakers assess and improve college affordability in their states, SREB provides tailored reports on the policies, programs and prices that drive affordability. Each member-state profile details net price at different types of institutions, state financial aid based on need or other factors, student borrowing, and percentage of family income needed to pay for college at different income levels
Kentucky
2020 State Workforce Outlook
Kentucky: A Turning Point
A Turning Point is the ninth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. The 2020 report focuses on Charting a Course to 2030 — evaluating how well states are preparing their workforces for the future economy. Each customized state report documents advancement on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Shared-Time Technology Centers
A Study of Six State Funding Systems
Students need learning experiences connected with the world of work to equip them to enter the workforce and secure good jobs. This report provides an overview of funding for career and technical education and a detailed look at CTE funding models in Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia. Produced by SREB for the Kentucky Career and Technical Education Task Force, it also offers considerations for actions to improve CTE.
Kentucky
2019 State Workforce Outlook
Kentucky Featured Facts
from the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education
Kentucky-specific data on population, demographic, education attainment, enrollment, graduation rates, workforce, tuition, debt, funding, faculty salaries and more.
Kentucky: Looking Closer
Looking Closer is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Carney of Kentucky and Smith of Louisiana Elected as SREB Legislative Committee Officers
State Representative John “Bam” Carney of Kentucky was elected chair of SREB’s Legislative Advisory Council at the group’s annual meeting in Louisville this month. State Representative Patricia Smith of Louisiana was chosen as vice chair.
Kentucky Moves Ahead in Reading, Graduation
"Looking Closer" State Progress Reports 2018
Kentucky continues to improve public education on several key measures, according to the 2018 state progress reports from SREB. The reports detail demographic trends, student data from early childhood to postsecondary education, and the state’s implementation of key policies. Full release >
Governor Edwards of Louisiana Re-Elected Chair of the Southern Regional Education Board
Chancellor Johnson of Oklahoma is vice chair
LAC officers are Senator Millar of Georgia and Representative Carney of Kentucky
Atlanta, Georgia — June 26, 2018 — Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana was re-elected to serve another one-year term as chair of the Southern Regional Education Board. He was re-elected at the organization’s annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, on Sunday.
Kentucky Students Can Earn Degree Faster With New Nursing Career Pathway
Most if not all SREB states have a serious, unmet need for registered nurses with Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees — the preferred credential of many health-care providers. Here’s how Kentucky health-care industry leaders and secondary and postsecondary health educators designed a new, 120-credit hour nursing career pathway in a state where the pathway from high school to the BSN could take up to 168 credit hours — 48 costly excess hours.
Beginning the Bachelor of Science in Nursing in High School
How Kentucky Created a 120-Credit Hour Nursing Career Pathway
Beginning the Bachelor of Science in Nursing in High School: How Kentucky Created a 120-Credit Hour Nursing Career Pathway describes how SREB spent a year working with a coalition of Kentucky educators and health-care employers to develop a seamless sequence of courses and credentials that help students transition from high school to community and technical college programs, the BSN and employment as nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and registered nurses (RNs).
Direct From the Inside: KCTCS Direct2Degree Program
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) received a Wave III-B Next Generation Learning Challenges grant in 2013 to focus on breakthrough models for enhancing college completion. The Direct2Degree program was designed to accelerate the rate of degree attainment in Kentucky — with degree paths that would be more cost-efficient for students than traditional paths.
Kentucky and Pennsylvania Join Ed Agreement
This week, Kentucky and Pennsylvania were approved by the
Southern Regional Education Board to join the State Authorization
Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). These states bring the number
of participating states to 44, plus the District of Columbia.
Principal is Key for Math Teachers’ Professional Development
The role of the administrator — attending professional development sessions with teachers and principals and participating in classroom observations and coaching visits — is critical to the successful implementation of the Mathematics Design Collaborative. To support teachers, leadership must understand math achievement gaps in students and the classroom process that teachers are taught to address the gaps.
A Kentucky Principal Defines School Leadership
Educator Effectiveness Spotlight
A Kentucky principal returns to her school after a year-long journey supporting her district’s roll-out of a new educator evaluation system. She shares her experiences supporting 22 schools and insights on what it means to be a school leader.
Leaders from Southern states push to improve early education
Our understanding about early childhood development has grown by
leaps and bounds in recent years. New brain research tells us
that children’s brains form very rapidly early on, and their
earliest experiences have lifelong effects on their likelihood to
succeed.
Now it’s time to put what we’ve learned into practice so that our
young children get the best start possible.
Literacy-Rich Instruction Gets Results in Two Kentucky School Systems
Three Kentucky schools get results using Literacy Design Collaborative.