Strong Start

Kentucky Pre-k funding cut. See press release and reports from Pre-k Now.

Below: Kentucky's First Lady, Jane Beshear, expresses her support for early childhood education at a recent press conference held in the Governor's Mansion to announce a partnership between the Prichard Committee and Generations United.

Making high-quality preschool available to every Kentucky child is the goal of Strong Start Kentucky: Quality Pre-K for Every Child, an initiative of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and a growing coalition of partners to increase access to high quality preschool programs.

In keeping with the Prichard Committee's history, Strong Start Kentucky is a nonpartisan, citizen-led effort to ensure that every child has the opportunity to receive the highest-quality education possible.

Working with parents and policymakers in partnership with leaders from early childhood, business, education, religion and health care, our efforts focus on giving Kentucky's children a strong start in both public and community-based programs.

Our advocacy targets:

Funding to increase access to pre-k programs for three- and four-year old children
Enhancing the quality of all pre-k programs
Support for public and community-based programs
Expanding our coalition to create champions for preschool throughout the Commonwealth

Click here to download a flyer for public distribution with the basic facts of our advocacy campaign.

Attention Advocates: Download our sign-up sheet for Pre-K updates. Once names are on the sign-up sheet, simply mail back to our offices so we can add them to our database.

Strong Start Kentucky was launched in March 2007 with the support of Pre-K Now, a public education and advocacy organization that advances high-quality, voluntary pre-k for all three and four year olds. Pre-K Now is supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts and other funders and is a project of the Institute for Educational Leadership.

"Strong Start Kentucky: Investing in Quality Early Care and Education to Ensure Furture Success". This report authored by a coalition of early care and education leaders organized by the Prichard Committee, was published in October 2007. Read the report and recommendations to learn more.

Please Join Us!
Join our statewide effort to make quality preschool a priority in your community and throughout Kentucky. You'll receive regular updates on progress and challenges and will have an opportunity to be part of a movement that will help build a stronger future for Kentucky's children.

Click on the image below to hear the pre-k message, from the experts.

Click here to join the Strong Start Kentucky email list and receive regular email updates about pre-k education.

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