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July 15, 2019Uncategorizedby

Press Release: Pilot Programs Focusing on Family Child Care Underway in Eastern Kentucky

July 15, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Brigitte Blom Ramsey, Executive Director(office) 859-233-9849(cell) 859-322-8999Hazard, KY – Increasing the availability of quality family child care for infants and toddlers in the state’s underserved areas is the focus of pilot programs now underway in Eastern Kentucky. The …
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July 15, 2019Uncategorizedby

Press Release: Pilot Programs Focusing on Family Child Care Underway in Louisville

July 15, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Brigitte Blom Ramsey, Executive Director(office) 859-233-9849(cell) 859-322-8999Louisville, KY – Increasing the availability of quality family child care for infants and toddlers in the state’s underserved areas is the focus of pilot programs now underway in Eastern Kentucky.The work …
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June 19, 2019Uncategorizedby

Press Statement: Pension Stress Must Not Harm Student Success

June 19, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Brigitte Blom Ramsey, Executive Director(office) 859-233-9849(cell) 859-322-8999Lexington, KY – $222.6 million. That is the amount of funding Kentucky has cut from its public colleges and universities since 2008 – a disinvestment whose costs have been born primarily by …
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May 29, 2019preschool-enrollment; k-readiness; early-childhood; advocacy-resources; early-childhood-access-and-qualityby

Community Conversations: Early Childhood

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May 29, 2019graduation-rate; postsecondary-and-career-readiness; college-going-rate; k-12-education; postsecondary; advocacy-resources; high-school-achievement-and-graduationby

Community Conversations: Meaningful Diploma

Read our key guidance for meaningful diploma discussions
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May 21, 2019edby

Kentucky Teacher Salary Comparison: Reviewing pay over time, across states, and across districts

The Kentucky Department of Education provides such a public service through its Kentucky Education Facts page, where you can learn that we have 9,822 school buses (thank you bus drivers), 5,639 parents serving on school councils (thank you parent leaders), and 811 Family Resource/Youth Service Centers (thank you to FRYSC staff).
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May 16, 2019databy

2019 Prichard Committee Education Poll

The 2019 Prichard Committee Education Poll was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, Inc....
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May 16, 2019meaningful-diplomaby

Community Conversations

The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is committed to building a groundswell of champions to improve education outcomes – early childhood through postsecondary – with the unique combination of policy advocacy and local action. The launch of the Kentucky Community Schools Initiative allows us to …
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May 10, 2019edby

Kentucky Child Care Deserts and Where to Find Them

A recent article by Will Wright in the Lexington Herald-Leader highlighted the critical need for child care and, in particular, lack of access in Eastern Kentucky. The imperative to increase access and to invest in our youngest children was crystallized in a blog post and op-ed by Cindy McGaha and Andrea Woodward – both professors at Berea College. We could not agree more.
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April 26, 2019adequate-and-equitable-3ed59; edby

Postsecondary Affordability

At a time when we need more students succeeding in postsecondary, affordability trends are not promising.
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