May 11, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs859-539-0511 (cell)jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.orgFor Student Interviews Contact:Rachel Belin, Senior Director, Prichard Committee Student Voice Teamrbelin@prichardcommittee.org859-396-6362 (cell) LEXINGTON, KY — A group of local high school students want to know how their peers are …
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May 7, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs(cell) 859-539-0511jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org LEXINGTON, KY – The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence and numerous other education, health, business and non-profit organizations are calling for federal funding to make universal internet access available …
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Two months have passed since businesses and schools across the Commonwealth began shutting their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As educators and business began adapting, one thing became abundantly clear: the internet is as necessary as electricity and plumbing is for our daily lives. As social distancing becomes a matter of life and death, a connection to the world outside our homes is vital to our economy, our education system, and our way of life.
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The Council on Postsecondary Education’s 2020 Stronger By Degrees Progress Report offers progress worth celebrating in overall educational attainment, KCTCS graduation rates, and STEM+H degrees, along with slower progress on bachelor graduation rates and a concerning decline in recent high school graduates enrolling in higher education. Here comes a closer look at those developments.
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April 27, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor More Information Contact:Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs(cell) 859-539-0511jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.org LEXINGTON, KY – Following the success of it’s COVID-19 Facebook Live discussions, the Prichard Committee is launching a weekly discussion on education issues titled “Innovations In Education – For …
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The Council on Postsecondary Education set tuition policy for the next academic year, as well as released the 2020 annual progress report for Kentucky’s public colleges and universities at today’s quarterly meeting. Unsurprisingly, the impact of the COVID-19 public health crisis on Kentucky students and our postsecondary institutions colored much of the discussion. As Kentucky institutions have shifted to on-line learning for the remainder of the spring term, uncertainty remains as to how students and campuses will respond through the summer and into the next academic year. This uncertainty will impact Kentucky’s ability to maintain progress toward educational attainment goals and the types of innovative strategies that will be necessary to ensure student success.
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April 23, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor more information, contact:Jessica Fletcher, Senior Director, Communications & External Affairs(cell) 859-539-0511jessica.fletcher@prichardcommittee.orgLEXINGTON, KY – State Farm has committed $10,000 to support the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence’s family engagement work.The grant will assist the committee’s efforts to provide trainings and a …
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I moved to Kentucky in 1990, right as KERA was happening, and was thrilled. You see, I lived in one of the New Jersey school districts that sued for fairer funding and won a landmark ruling, and I knew that 17 years later, those districts were still in court. Then I moved here, where the Rose decision was not yet one year old and state leaders had already adopted a comprehensive approach to reform.
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