The History Center museum's $2.8 million permanent exhibit, A Kentucky Journey, uses a remarkable mixture of more than 3,000 historic artifacts, sights, and sounds to bring the state's glorious past to present generations.

 Information helpful in the day-to-day operation of Kentucky schools. You will find here information that is frequently used by school principals, district superintendents and the support staff involved in running Kentucky schools.

'America's Story from America's Library' wants you to have fun with history while learning at the same time. We want to put the story back in history and show you some things that you've never heard or seen before. The stuff you see comes from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Library is the largest in the world and has millions of amazing things that will surprise you.

Grant programs for not-for-profit community organizations

An alphabetical list of organization in the commonwealth dealing with the arts

Web resources for dance

Web resources for Folklife

Web resources for literary arts

Web resources for music

Web resources for other art forms

Web resources for storytelling

Web resources for theatre

Web resources for visual arts

Art related web resources for educators

The Arts Toolkit is the prototype for a dynamic and powerful arts and humanities toolkit that will be available to teachers across Kentucky and is built from the Kentucky Core Content, Program of Studies and Academic Expectations.

Links to assist in the development of arts education curriculum

Arts grants, educational programs, awards and directories

A guide to arts organizations in Kentucky

View basic biographical and political outlines of Kentucky's governors.

Links to help in choosing a lender for a Stafford or PLUS Loan

KHEAA provides the College Aid Calculator as a tool to help you plan and save for education expenses.

The CMRS Board is charged with administrating the CMRS fund for the purpose of implementing wireless emergency 911 service through out Kentucky in accordance with State and Federal Legislation and Regulation.

This department provides assistance and resources to the state's 176 school districts and nearly 1,300 schools.

The Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) is designed to improve teaching, and student learning in Kentucky.

Download a coloring book with Earth Day activities.

The Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) has many projects and services that we offer the Kentucky Department of Education and our schools and districts.

The Demographic Reports show the number and statistical characteristics of students as well as dropout rates, attendance and absence information.

Visit the web sites of many of Kentucky's elementary schools.

This website provides access to several EPA databases to provide you with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States.

The Farm-to-School Program helps make direct sales of farm produce to school systems possible.

Find out how to qualify for Federal student aid.

Borrowers who meet certain eligibility criteria may be entitled to defer principal payments on FFELP loans. The conditions for eligibility are detailed within the forms provided.

Here are some games, coloring sheets, fact sheets and much more!

Get research advice from Kentucky Virtual Library.

This section provides information primarily about activities and programs that happen - or that directly affect what happens - in the classroom.

The Kentucky Board of Education develops and adopts the regulations that govern Kentucky's 176 public school districts.

Read about the area, climate, economy, natural resources, tourism, culture and more about the state.

Information for students, parents, schools, and lenders

Located in Lexington, Kentucky, the heart of the Bluegrass, the Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm with 1,200 acres surrounded by 30 miles of white plank fencing.

Is Bluegrass really blue?  What is a Commonwealth?  Find answers to these questions and more on this site.

Here you will find copies of publications which have been used for years by guidance counselors, students, and parents as a primary source of information regarding financial aid and higher education opportunities.

These publications are provided to help educate Kentucky's citizens about the court system of the commonwealth.

Priority is given to programs that increase teachers' understanding of curriculum content and methods of instruction appropriate for each content area.

Free online tutoring and homework help.

School Improvement provides a data-driven, research-based framework for defining goals and objectives for improving student learning.

Fire safety and education for kids with fun activities and games.

Fire safety, family activities, the story of Sparky the Fire Dog, games and more from the National Fire Protection Association.

The Division of Certification is responsible for issuing and renewing certificates for all Kentucky teachers and administrators.

The Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System serves the professional educators of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

To develop a versatile individual by providing technical education and skills training.

The Master Plan describes how technology will be used to improve teaching and learning for every Kentucky child.

Kentucky's educational reforms are based upon the principle that schools must be held accountable for the progress of their students.

The Kentucky Virtual High School is a statewide educational service delivering high school courses and online learning opportunity to Kentuckians.