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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

KCTCS schools work to close digital divide across the state

Schools in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) have worked relentlessly since March 2020 to help close the digital divide for students on campuses across the Commonwealth.At Bluegrass Community & Technical College, faculty and staff members called all 7,000-9,000 students four times throughout …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

NKU starts fund to help students impacted by COVID

Early on during the pandemic, officials at Northern Kentucky University recognized that many of their students would be adversely impacted by job losses and health care needs. In response, they created the COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund, and raised nearly $150,000 from regional donors and community …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

In K-12 schools & colleges, inequities based on student groups remain starker than ever

The pandemic has provided all education stakeholders with a front row seat to how learning can be impacted by life’s challenges. With online classes being conducted across the state, educators were seeing students’ family lives displayed on their laptop screens, and parents were seeing lessons …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

Prichard Committee educating Kentuckians about family child care

In August on an episode of our “Innovations in Education” web series, Prichard Committee President & CEO Brigitte Blom Ramsey spoke to leaders in Kentucky’s early childhood education space about the positive impact that additional licensed family child care homes could have on Kentucky’s very …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

Prichard Committee promotes awareness of the digital divide, works with leaders on solutions

Just weeks into the pandemic, Prichard Committee members and staff began asking questions about online learning and the impact it might have on students with no internet access. As weeks turned into months, however, our attention expanded to the impact the digital divide was having …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

Prichard Committee to study the impact of mental health supports on education in 2021

Throughout our Coping with COVID survey work in 2020 and 2021, and from hearing first-hand accounts of mental health struggles from friends and family, it is clear that education entities and non-profits such as the Prichard Committee need to do much work in this space. …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

Federal financial support and state recognition of child care workers as ‘essential’ have been bright spots

In June 2020, child care facilities began reopening, however many of them had lost staff through the lay-off period. Some, unable to sustain facility mortgages and rentals, and staff payments through the shutdown, were closed for good.Jennifer Washburn, director of iKids in Benton, said her …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

Built-in mental health supports need to be funded & prioritized for K-12 & college

In our K-12 and higher education surveys, the need for more mental health supports for students, educators and family was a prevalent theme. 35% of high school students surveyed said that they wanted mental health services, but didn’t have access to them. 36% of teachers …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

The child care system and its workers are essential

The child care ecosystem in Kentucky was already fragile before the pandemic. According to the Kentucky Division of Child Care, the number of regulated providers in Kentucky dropped from 4,400 in 2013 to 2,172 in 2020, leaving 165,315 slots available for children at 1,817 child …
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March 24, 2021Uncategorizedby

The digital divide must be closed at all costs

In 2017, census data showed that Kentucky ranked 44th in the nation for broadband access. Nearly 25 percent of our households did not have a subscription for high-speed internet, and more than 15 percent did not have a computer, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.Among …
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