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PERSPECTIVES | Prichard Committee's Student Voice Team Celebrates Five Years
Prichard Committee’s Student Voice Team
Celebrates Five Years
The Prichard Committee’s Student Voice Team (SVT) celebrated their fifth anniversary with a gala at University of Kentucky’s Boone Center on Monday, August 21. More than 150 educators, policymakers, and education advocates attended the event.
SVT is a nationally prominent, student-led initiative of the Committee that aims to integrate students… -
Aug 31 2017 PERSPECTIVES | Groups Seek to Expand Teacher Leadership
Groups Seek to Expand Teacher Leadership
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky schools need to identify and support new ways for teachers to find time to improve their skills and develop as leaders to strengthen schools. Efforts to increase teacher leadership in recent years have shown great promise, but state and district leaders should start looking at how systems… -
Jun 26 2017 PERSPECTIVES SPECIAL REPORT | Preschool Partnership Grants Boosting Community Collaboration for Quality Early Childhood Education
This Prichard Committee Brief Highlights the Preschool Partnership Pilot Grant Program’s Success Stories About Helping Our Youngest Children Arrive at School Ready to Learn.
The Preschool Partnership Grants administered by the Kentucky Department of Education and authorized in the 2017-18 biennial budget are already showing promise in helping Kentucky communities and school districts build partnerships to… -
PERSPECTIVES | June 2017
RETROSPECTIVE: PAM MILLER
Pam Miller was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1938. She graduated magna cum laude from Smith College in 1960, having majored in history. Two years later, she married Ralph Miller, a physician and former Olympic skier. In 1970, Pam, Ralph, and their three small children moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where Ralph became a… -
Jun 23 2017 PERSPECTIVES | RETROSPECTIVE: Pam Miller
Retrospective: Pam Miller
Pam Miller was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1938. She graduated magna cum laude from Smith College in 1960, having majored in history. Two years later, she married Ralph Miller, a physician and former Olympic skier. In 1970, Pam, Ralph, and their three small children moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where Ralph became a… -
Jun 23 2017 PERSPECTIVES | New web site a convenient tool to learn about KY's Progress in Education
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has launched a new and improved web site, the first refresh in five years. At the heart of the new site, and all of the Committee’s outreach, is a commitment to clearly communicating the need to advance excellent education for all Kentuckians.
The new web site is an easy-to-use tool… -
Jun 23 2017 PERSPECTIVES | Local Parent Leaders Invest in Success for All Children
LOCAL PARENT LEADERS INVEST IN SUCCESS FOR ALL CHILDREN
When five of the 14 Northern Kentucky participants at parent leadership training last fall turned out to be from one school, it quickly became obvious that their ultimate project could have a big impact.
Indeed, Beechwood Elementary is seeing the outcome of a cohesive group of parents eager… -
Mar 16 2017 PERSPECTIVES | Andrews Named Communications Director
Michael Andrews recently joined the Prichard Committee as its communications director. Most recently, he was senior vice president for community engagement for the Arts & Science Council, the local arts agency in Charlotte, N.C., leading government relations, marketing and fund raising strategy.
In this new position for the Prichard Committee, Andrews will lead communications and media… -
Mar 16 2017 PERSPECTIVES | VIEWPOINT: The Time is Now to Provide Feedback on KY's New Accountability System
The Time Is Now to Provide Feedback on Kentucky’s New Accountability System
By Brigitte Blom Ramsey
Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Commissioner Stephen Pruitt released his State of P-12 Public Education Report on February 22. The lead and major thread of that report was the need to do more to ensure that every one of Kentucky’s 650,000 children… -
Mar 16 2017 PERSPECTIVES | Student Voice Team Discussions Go Online
To elevate more independent student voices, the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team recently launched “Voices from the Front,” a new digital forum providing space for student thought and feedback on a range of education issues.
The user-friendly blog format reaches out to youth-serving organizations and individuals for submissions, and by promoting posts across multiple social media…