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The Commonwealth Institute

for Parent Leadership

A program of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence

The Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, sponsored by the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, offers a variety of programs aimed at bringing together parents, teachers, community members, and school administrators, for training, information, and experiences which help them work as partners to raise student achievement:

Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership
Starting Strong Institute
Parents and Teachers as Arts Partners
The Prichard Committee
The Center for Parent Leadership
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	"Concerned parents and citizens have helped push Kentucky education along for 20 years and we can make even more progress if they'll keep pushing." Robert F. Sexton, Executive Director
	"Both research and common sense say parents are important to student learning and success. We see that so often as our parent leaders use our work to partner with schools in incredible and crucial ways." Beverly N. Raimondo, Director
	When parents are ready to look beyond the educational needs of their kids – and focus on helping all the kids in their school – they’re ready for CIPL. Bob Rouse, Project Coordinator

For over 20 years the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has been the catalyst behind education reform in Kentucky. It created citizen demand for new policies, helped bring them about and supported the hard work necessary to implement change over time. Through its award winning Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership, the Prichard Committee has trained an army of parents from all income levels and ethnic backgrounds who now understand the need for change in their local schools and have the leadership skills necessary to help educators make and sustain needed improvements. Over 1300 parents throughout Kentucky now share responsibility and take action for better schools. Now the Center for Parent Leadership at the Prichard Committee is making available, nationwide, the expertise we've gained over the last number of years in our development of parent leaders.

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