All Kentucky school districts have spent the spring and summer planning and surveying parents and talking to teachers about what the Fall semester of K-12 public education should look like amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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July 6, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director,Communications & External AffairsThe Prichard Committee859-539-0511 (cell)jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org Lexington, KY – The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence announced today that its Student Voice Team has been selected as one of six Civic Spring Project grantees. The …
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Following up on yesterday’s post about public higher education institutions’ graduation results for Black students, let’s go a deeper and look at the pipeline leading toward those graduations. Here’s a starting view of some key metrics:
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Four gaps persist and get in the way of children and young people with gifts and talents reaching their potential. These four gaps are the Belief Gap, Opportunity Gap, Achievement Gap, and Excellence Gap.
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What is Affordability?
Nothing like restating the obvious question! But we have to start with what students really have to pay. And this is where Kentucky might have a bright spot or two – in case you thought the trends in Part I of this blog were depressing.
When we focus only on rising tuition costs, it leaves out other important cost and resource considerations – namely room, board, and other living expenses, as well as resources students get from financial aid. When you combine all this together, you get to the clearer measure of real costs to students – Net Price – the amount left over to be covered by student resources (i.e. savings, student debt, work).
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Each year, about 165,000 infants and toddlers under the age of three – a number more than the combined population of Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Richmond – learn and grow across Kentucky. Many working families face daunting challenges finding safe, reliable, and vibrant child care options for these youngest Kentuckians.
Their challenges have grown even more acute. Even before the COVID-19 public health crisis disrupted the child care landscape (see Kentucky Child Care Provider Survey), child care centers across Kentucky were limiting enrollment due to challenges finding qualified employees. Far fewer Kentuckians were providing child care in their homes as a family child care provider – those who meet state standards for safety, health, and quality.
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June 8, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs859-539-0511 (cell)jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.orgAccording to a recent survey of Kentucky’s 2,172 child care providers, 11 to 15 percent of providers who responded may have to close permanently due to the financial impact of …
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Parent and Student Spotlight Students in America-Until We’re All Free To the Education Community-From a Black Parent In America Supporting Student and Staff Wellness KDE-COVID-19 Considerations for Reopening Schools Supporting Student and Staff Wellness May 26, 2020 For Parents of Young Children 7 ways to …
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