Recent News

This is a listing of the most current press releases issued by the Education Cabinet.

• County jobless rates released for April 2012 to April 2013
  Thursday, May 23, 2013
• Kentucky’s jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent in April 2013
  Thursday, May 16, 2013
• 29th annual Kentucky Archives Institute scheduled in June
  Wednesday, May 15, 2013
• Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Meetings in May
  Tuesday, April 30, 2013
• Jobless rates up in 60 counties from March 2012 to March 2013
  Thursday, April 25, 2013
• Governor proclaims April 14-20 Environmental Education Week
  Thursday, April 18, 2013
• Kentucky’s jobless rate increases to 8 percent in March 2013
  Thursday, April 18, 2013
• Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Meetings in April
  Tuesday, April 16, 2013
• Jobless rates down in 91 counties from February 2012 to February 2013
  Friday, March 29, 2013
• Kentucky Work Ready Communities Best Practices Summit in May will help counties prepare for economic growth
  Wednesday, March 27, 2013
• Vocational Rehabilitation seeks input for future
  Monday, March 25, 2013
• Kentucky’s jobless rate remains at 7.9 percent in February 2013
  Thursday, March 21, 2013
• Jobless rates down in 83 counties from January 2012 to January 2013
  Thursday, March 14, 2013
• Ky. Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing visiting senior citizen centers in April
  Wednesday, March 13, 2013
• Kentucky’s jobless rate falls below 8 percent for the first time in more than four years
  Thursday, March 07, 2013
• Kentucky’s annual jobless rate falls sharply to 8.2 percent in 2012
  Friday, March 01, 2013
• Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Meetings in March
  Thursday, February 28, 2013
• Report: More Than Half of 2006 College Graduates Are Employed in Kentucky Five Years Later
  Thursday, February 28, 2013
• KDLA chooses Preservica for its digital repository
  Wednesday, February 27, 2013
• Gov. Beshear awards Kentucky Work Ready Community in Progress designation to Hancock County
  Thursday, February 21, 2013
• Free career testing for veterans, persons with disabilities and anyone who has been unemployed for more than 26 weeks
  Monday, February 18, 2013
• KWIB unveils new Kentucky Work Ready Communities Program website
  Thursday, February 14, 2013
• Kentucky public libraries provide books and much more
  Tuesday, February 12, 2013
• Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Meetings in February
  Tuesday, January 29, 2013
• Office for the Blind to hold public hearings in February
  Tuesday, January 29, 2013
• Jobless rates down in 97 counties from December 2011 to December 2012
  Thursday, January 24, 2013
• Governor appoints new members to the Kentucky State Advisory Council on Libraries
  Thursday, January 24, 2013
• Kentucky’s jobless rate dropped to 8.1 percent in December 2012
  Thursday, January 17, 2013
• Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet awards $50,000 in Quick Start industry partnership grants
  Thursday, January 03, 2013
• Kentucky’s jobless rate dropped to 8.2 percent in November 2012
  Wednesday, December 19, 2012
• Kentucky Workforce Investment Board adjusts Work Ready Communities Program requirements
  Tuesday, December 11, 2012
• Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Meetings in December
  Friday, November 30, 2012
• E-rate funding for public libraries reaches milestone
  Tuesday, November 27, 2012