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.
Kentucky Members of the Board
Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, Frankfort,
ex officio (2027)
Andrew Belcher, Director of Assessment, Hopkins
County Schools, Madisonville (2026)
Tina Bojanowski, State Representative,
Louisville (2027)
Ruth Ann Palumbo, State Representative,
Lexington (2025)
Felicia Cumings Smith, President, National
Center for Families Learning, Louisville (2028) Executive
Committee member, Vice Chair of the SREB
Board
(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms
expire June 30 of the specified year.)
Kentucky Members of the Legislative Advisory Council
Tina Bojanowski, State Representative,
Louisville
Scott Lewis, State Representative, Hartford
Ruth Ann Palumbo, State Representative,
Lexington
Steve Riley, State Representative, Glasgow
James Tipton, State Representative,
Taylorsville
Steve West, State Senator, Paris
Mike Wilson, State Senator, Bowling Green
Kentucky
Faculty Diversity by Rank
These state profiles examine the racial and ethnic makeup of college faculty by rank at various institution types. The data compare Black, Hispanic, and white faculty at two-year and technical colleges, public four-year institutions and private four-year institutions.
Kentucky: School Improvement Services
The Southern Regional Education Board works with educators and state and district education agency personnel in Kentucky and nationwide to provide support for continuous school improvement, rigorous curricula and instructional practices, teacher induction, professional development and instructional coaching services, technical assistance and program evaluation.
Find out what services are available for Kentucky districts and schools in this PDF.
Kentucky: An Early Path
An Early Path covers data and policies for each SREB state in Pre-K, elementary and middle grades in 2023. The reports also highlight important demographic data. These are SREB’s 11th progress reports to states on educational progress and the final set for the 2020 Challenge to Lead Goals. Each state report provides comparable data so states can see how they relate to one another, the SREB region and the nation.
Kentucky: Finding a Path
Finding a Path covers data and policies for each SREB state’s progress in high school, postsecondary and the workforce. Watch for reports on birth to middle grades in 2023. These are SREB’s 10th biennial reports to states on educational progress and the final set for the 2020 Challenge to Lead Goals. They provide comparable data so states can see how they relate to one another, the Southern region and the nation. New this year: sections on the K-12 teacher and postsecondary workforces.
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
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
Data on how automation and the COVID-19 pandemic will affect Kentucky’s workforce.
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.
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
This document reports on the Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s 2013 Next Generation Learning Challenges grant to focus on breakthrough models for enhancing college completion. The KCTCS Direct2Degree program targeted low-income students in rural areas.
