Kentucky continues to rank in the bottom ten among states for child well-being. Children’s Advocacy Day at the Capitol began in 2004 as an effort to unite advocates from across the state to raise their voices on behalf of children’s safety, health, education and economic well-being...

Posted on Sun, Jan. 17, 2010, Lexington Herald-Leader
By Robert F. Sexton

Without question, Kentucky's legislators face a tremendous challenge in producing a balanced budget for the next two years in the face of revenue shortfalls and a continuing economic crisis.

Investing $1 to make quality preschool available to more Kentucky children would result in benefits of more than $5 for the state, according to a new report by the University of Kentucky Center for Business and Economic Research. Read the full report and press release. See also this article from Friday's Lexington Herald-Leader.

Early Ed Watch explains "PreK-3^rd alignment" in this short video (7 mins) with help from Dr. Jerry Weast, Superintendent of Montgomery County Schools in Maryland, which is home to one of the country's most successful PreK-3rd reform efforts.

For the past two years, the veteran early childhood educator has hit the road, delivering public school pre-k lessons at a pair of day care centers here. In innovative partnerships, the Christian County school system is placing pre-k teachers in a handful of child care centers to reach more three- and four-year-olds eligible for state-funded pre-k programs and, at the same time, build quality and rapport with private child care providers.