Quarles has seven college degrees including a doctorate in higher education administration from Vanderbilt and a master’s in higher ed from Harvard University.
If the goal of teaching history is to develop citizens who use knowledge of the past to understand the present and inform future decisions, educators need to go beyond the facts of the day.
During a special meeting, the school board voted to approve construction bids for the consolidated high school and ditched a name it had chosen last year.
Jason Glass, appointed commissioner in 2020, had come under frequent fire from Kentucky Republicans who criticized KDE’s inclusive guidance to support LGBTQ+ students.
