Get UP Louisville

02/26/2022

We're going to allow ourselves to get lapped by Alabama, really?

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For the past 15 years, one of the nation’s brightest landscapes for prekindergarten has flourished in an unlikely place. Alabama First Class Pre-K stands out in the South, where investment in preschool education has traditionally lagged. And though the pandemic has slowed down its plans a bit, the...

02/23/2022

Colleges across the country were closing their childcare centers even before COVID, contributing to the crisis of childcare availability. Some of the schools in the 13-member Kentucky Community & Technical College System used to offer childcare to students but have closed those centers.

If we're going to have universal pre-k in Louisville, Jefferson Community & Technical College is going to have to be a vital partner, training teachers and offering care.

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Parents who rely on campus-based care on public universities and community colleges have encountered another barrier to earning a degree.

02/18/2022

02/14/2022

Happy Valentine's Day, pre-k advocates!

02/10/2022

More evidence that expanding childcare expands the workforce.

When moms can send their kids to high-quality early childhood education, they can start to think about the kind of work they'd like to do. Sometimes, that's in childcare. Childcare isn't just for children.

Erin Kirkley, 25, of San Antonio, Tex., discovered the Ella Austin Community Center last year when she brought her baby son Jaxson there for child care.

02/06/2022

It's only 100 days until the primary election on May 17, 2022. Be a pre-k voter. Vote for a mayoral candidate who has a plan to provide pre-k to every 3 and 4-year-old in Louisville.

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02/01/2022

Raise your hand if you're not surprised to hear that disruptions in childcare increase behavioral problems in children and emotional distress in parents. 🙋 🙋 🙋

The city of Louisville can and must stabilize the early childhood care and education ecosystem so families can thrive. With a mayor's budget recommendation approved by Metro Council, Louisville can open childcare up to more families and compensate providers at a level that dramatically cuts staff turnover.

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01/26/2022

"Girls who participated [in Head Start] went on as adult women to be about 30 percent less likely to be in poverty, and boys who participated were about 40 percent less likely to receive public assistance benefits."

Not everyone qualifies for the federal Head Start program, but Louisville's next mayor can build a citywide version that changes the lives of children and the trajectory of our city.

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Martha Bailey discusses the impact of Head Start on educational attainment and economic self-sufficiency in adulthood.

01/23/2022

Pre-k is childcare. Families must be able to choose between public pre-k, private childcare centers, faith-based centers, and care in homes to provide pre-k. Louisville can act now to ease the burden on families and bolster the workforce.

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And more than 1 in 3 adults in households with children say they have experienced serious problems meeting both their work and family responsibilities, according to an NPR poll.

01/20/2022

Two common misconceptions of pre-k are that it's babysitting or that it's "school," where children are sitting in desks writing sentences. High-quality pre-k that is developmentally-appropriate is play-based. Experts and teachers will tell you that that's what's really important: PLAY.

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When there's not an adult to act as referee, coach or judge, students' critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills are activated in profound ways.