(LEXINGTON, KY) – The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) held an inaugural session of the Kentucky English Learner Leadership Summit in Lexington on July 7.
The Kentucky English Learner Leadership Summit is a new, full-day conference for district English learner directors, coordinators and other leaders. The event followed the first session of the summit in Owensboro on June 17.
English learners (ELs) are students whose primary language is not English and are identified as eligible for English language development services. From 2017 to 2025, English learner enrollment has grown by more than 25,000 students in Kentucky, which is an 89% increase…