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Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | Prichard Report Highlights Charter School Fundamentals
Prichard Report Highlights Charter School Fundamentals
The Prichard Committee’s 2014 primer on charter school issues was summarized at a November special study session of the State Board of Education focused on learning more about charter schools.
The meeting drew an overflow crowd after election victories gave Republicans a majority in the state legislature and made charter schools… -
Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | A Gift Toward Kentucky’s Future
A Gift Toward Kentucky’s Future
THE ROLL CALL of early supporters of the Prichard Committee who have died since our battle for better education began in the early 1980s reminds us of how much they gave to improve our schools and the challenge we still face in the struggle for our children’s future.Three former governors in…
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Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | Early Learning Study Funded
Early Learning Study Funded
A $50,000 grant from The Northern Kentucky Family of Funds of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation will finance the Early Childhood Provider Cost of Quality study in Kentucky.
The study, led by the Prichard Committee, will provide information to policymakers and legislators about targeted long-term investments and the importance of adequate fees and reimbursement… -
PERSPECTIVES | State Debuts New Ratings for Early-Years Programs
State Debuts New Ratings for Early-Years Programs
Kentucky launched a new five-star tiered quality rating and improvement system in July for all early care and education programs that receive public funding.
The new system, known as Kentucky All STARS, is designed to recognize public preschool, child care centers, and Head Start programs for continuous quality improvement. It… -
Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | RETROSPECTIVE: ‘Education is the Path to a Larger Life’
‘Education is the Path to a Larger Life’
The first report of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence was released in 1985, when Dot Ridings served as the committee’s chair. The Path to a Larger Life was published, according to then-executive director Robert Sexton, “so that the public can get in on the conversation about better…
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PERSPECTIVES | Brown Foundation Grant Boosts Early Ed., Postsecondary Efforts
Brown Foundation Grant Boosts Early Ed., Postsecondary Efforts
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence plans to expand key statewide education initiatives rang- ing from school readiness to postsecondary success, thanks in part to a grant from the James Graham Brown Foundation.
The Foundation’s $425,000, two-year award was made for the grant, “Kentucky Leads the Nation in Edu-… -
Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | More Attention Sought for Advanced Achievement
More Attention Sought for Advanced Achievement
LEXINGTON — States and school districts need to move increasing numbers of students succeed in the most challenging classes and score well above the “proficient” level, according to Jonathan Plucker, a professor of talent development at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.Speaking in October at the annual meeting of the Prichard…
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Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | Three ’16 Sessions Produce New Fellows
Three ’16 Sessions Produce New Fellows
Institutes Reach N.Ky, E.Ky., Louisville
Parents from Northern Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky, plus a class that will finish the institute in Louisville in December, mark the most recent fellows in the Governor’s Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership.Launched by the Prichard Committee in 1997, the institutes offer training to explain basics of…
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Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | VIEWPOINT: Accountability — With Equity, Engagement
VIEWPOINT | Accountability — With Equity, Engagement
In the coming months, Kentucky educators and education leaders will be working feverishly toward a new assessment and accountability sys- tem that meets federal requirements and deadlines. At the center of this massive project, two important concepts stand out in the Every Student Succeeds Act with big implications for how…
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Jan 13 2017 
PERSPECTIVES | Student Voice Team Looking Deeper at College Readiness
Student Voice Team Looking Deeper at College Readiness
The Prichard Committee’s Student Voice Team is digging deeper into its 2015 findings about factors that hinder high school graduates success in college for a follow-up report on college readiness issues.The analysis of how Kentucky students define and experience college readiness has included visits to three rural Kentucky counties…
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