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This week on Innovations in Education, we focused on child care in Kentucky as it relates to COVID-19 closures. On Monday morning, the Prichard Committee, along with a partnership of Kentucky-based organizations (United Way of Kentucky, Kentucky Youth Advocates, Child Care Advocates of Kentucky, Metro United Way, Learning Grove, and United Way of Greater Cincinnati) released the results of a survey to 2,172 child care providers. Much of the conversation on Innovations focused on those results.

May 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs 859-539-0511 (cell) jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org [wyde_heading subheading_tag="h3" style="2" title="40 Kentucky Parents complete Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership program" animation="slideInLeft"] Forty Kentucky parents from 14 counties across the state recently completed the Prichard Committee’s Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership (CIPL) fellowship
May 11, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs 859-539-0511 (cell) jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org For Student Interviews Contact: Rachel Belin, Senior Director, Prichard Committee Student Voice Team rbelin@prichardcommittee.org 859-396-6362 (cell) [wyde_heading subheading_tag="h3" style="2" title="Kentucky students create survey investigating how peers are coping with COVID-19" animation="slideInLeft"] LEXINGTON, KY — A group
May 7, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs (cell) 859-539-0511 jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org [wyde_heading subheading_tag="h3" style="2" title="Prichard Committee and other Kentucky-based organizations urge Congress to fund universal internet access" animation="slideInLeft"] LEXINGTON, KY – The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and numerous other education, health, business and non-profit
April 27, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact: Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs (cell) 859-539-0511 jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org [wyde_heading subheading_tag="h3" style="2" title="Prichard Committee launches weekly online broadcast, Innovations in Education" animation="slideInLeft"] LEXINGTON, KY – Following the success of it’s COVID-19 Facebook Live discussions, the Prichard Committee is launching a weekly discussion on education
April 23, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs (cell) 859-539-0511 jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org [wyde_heading subheading_tag="h3" style="2" title="State Farm provides Prichard Committee support for engaging parents in schools" animation="slideInLeft" el_class="pressheading"] LEXINGTON, KY – State Farm has committed $10,000 to support the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence’s family engagement

The COVID-19 outbreak has given us many new challenges to ponder and a new reality to face. It has also given us an opportunity to look backward on our lives in search of past experiences that might help each of us make sense of the situation and bring some hope and peace to others who may be struggling. The closure of all childcare facilities, schools, and colleges for the time being has been daunting to accept for those of us in the education community – from advocates like us at the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, to teachers, parents and students.

Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, Kentucky students — from preschool through college — are practicing social distancing. The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is committed to ensuring that learning continues to take place at this time. The following websites link to resources that can be used to enhance home-based learning during this time.