The Kentucky Department of Education announced the winner of the 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year award in a ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda on Sept. 13. Kumar Rashad, left, a mathematics teacher at Breckinridge Metropolitan High School (Jefferson County) was named the 2024 High School Teacher of the Year, Kevin Daily, center, a U.S. history a teacher at Ballyshannon Middle School (Boone County), was named as the 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year. Donnie Wilkerson, right, a 5th-grade social studies teacher at Jamestown Elementary (Russell County), was named the 2024 Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) announced the selection of 22 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2024 Kentucky Teacher Achievement Awards on July 5. Kevin Dailey, a U.S. history teacher at Ballyshannon Middle School (Boone County), was named the 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year on Sept. 13. Donnie Wilkerson, a 5th-grade social studies teacher at Jamestown Elementary (Russell County), was named the 2024 Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Kumar Rashad, a mathematics teacher at Breckinridge Metropolitan High School (Jefferson County), was named the 2024 High School Teacher of the Year.
The names, photos and short biographies of each award winner are listed below.
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