The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence


	Our Mission The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence is an independent, non-profit, citizens' advocacy organization. We work to improve education for all Kentuckians. Fact Sheet \| Prichard Committee Members \| Background

"Linchpin to Education: Teaching"

An editorial underlining the Prichard Committee's emphasis on good teaching was published in the June 28 Lexington Herald-Leader.

Sir Michael Barber Says Teachers and Principals Key to Quality Schools

Sir Barber Offers Prichard Committee Lessons on Importance of Principal and Teacher Quality. Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by arodden. Sir Michael Barber, Vice Chair of the SMHC task force, head of McKinsey & Company's Global Education ..
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Prichard Committee Recommends Bold Actions to Governor

Prichard Committee members meet in Louisville to forumulate recommendations for education reform for the Governor. Click for more details. Click here to see photos of the event.

School, state education progress will be tracked by education groups during testing transition

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Kentucky ranks 35th on Education Index

In a new report from the Kentucky Long-term Policy Research Center, Kentucky ranked 35th in 2007, based on testing scores and graduation rates, one of only two states since 1992 that have climbed out of the bottom ten group. Download the policy notes published by KLTPRC to read more about the data.

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7/2/2009 11:44 AM

I'm off to a family reunion in the morning.Mind, it will be my family. The house was first owned by my great-grandparents, a school superintendent and a judge, and then inherited by my grandmother, a reporter-and-librarian who

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