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Sep 04 2020 
Innovations in Education: Re-Imagining Education for a Big, Bold Future
Prior to the pandemic, Kentucky was ranked 26th nationally on 4th grade reading proficiency; just 35% of Kentucky public school 4th graders scored proficient or above on 2019 NAEP reading tests. Kentucky ranked 39th on 8th grade math proficiency, with only 29% of Kentucky public school 8th graders scoring -
Aug 20 2020 
Innovations in Education: The Education Impact of the Digital Divide
According to data from an analysis by Common Sense Media and the Boston Consulting Group, 36% of Kentucky students – roughly 240,000 – lack adequate internet. Approximately 10% of teachers also lack proper broadband access in their homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this digital divide issue, as more Kentuckians are now working remotely and taking online classes. From our youngest learners to our college students, access to the internet is now an imperative. -
Aug 06 2020 
Innovations in Education: Family Child Care Homes can help KY’s child care ecosystem recover from pandemic losses
This week on Innovations in Education, Prichard Committee President & CEO Brigitte Blom Ramsey spoke to leaders in Kentucky’s early childhood education space about the positive impact that additional licensed family child care homes could have on Kentucky’s very fragile child care ecosystem. -
Jul 24 2020 
Innovations in Education: Student & community input has made a difference in planning for 2020-21 school year
This week on Innovations in Education, we spoke with education leaders about the challenges schools and districts are facing preparing for the new school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Districts large and small have been surveying parents about their preferences and needs. Task forces have also been formed in counties and at the state level to address issues as they arise. -
Jul 21 2020 
Tough choices must be made to ensure children continue to learn at a steady pace through pandemic
This week, we at the Prichard Committee will be discussing solutions to education delivery for the 2020-21 school year on our weekly episode of Innovations in Education. Panelists will include Rockcastle County Schools Superintendent Carrie Ballinger, Ballard County Schools Superintendent Casey Allen, Fayette County Success Academy Principal Dr. Janice Wyatt-Ross, Kentucky School Boards Association Government Affairs Director Eric Kennedy, and Southern Regional Education Board President Dr. Stephen Pruitt. -
Jul 16 2020 
Innovations in Education: Closing the Digital Divide
This week on Innovations in Education, our focus was on closing the digital divide to bring more broadband access to rural and low-income Kentuckians. -
Jun 18 2020 
Innovations in Education: Internet access is a basic necessity
This week on Innovation in Education, we focused on the need for universal broadband internet access in Kentucky. Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, having a stable internet connection to the world outside our homes has proven to be vital to our economy, our education system, and our way of life. -
Jun 09 2020 
Kentucky’s fragile child care ecosystem needs federal support
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 19 2020 
Student Voice Team leading study on the student impact of COVID-19
This week on Innovations in Education, we held our first all-student panel discussion about how middle and high school students are coping with COVID-19. The Prichard Committee’s Student Voice Team (SVT), started creating the survey on this topic when schools closed for the pandemic in March. Over the past several weeks, the team has developed the survey in consultation with research experts from Kentucky and around the country. -
May 06 2020 
Tackling the Decline in College-Going
This week on Innovations in Education, we wanted to better understand the decline in college-going happening in Kentucky and nationally. Since our panel included three superintendents and an education cooperative director, we also talked about plans for high school graduation ceremonies, how remote learning is going, and how districts are planning now for the start of school in the fall.
