Ensuring Kindergarten Readiness: A Community-Wide Responsibility
When discussing improved student achievement, the focus often falls on in-school factors such as test scores, curriculum, and staffing.
However, the foundation for success is built long before a student enters a classroom.
Whether a child starts school ready to learn is one of the clearest measures we have of a community’s priorities.
In Northern Kentucky, just over half of students meet the benchmark for kindergarten readiness, while in River City communities like Covington and Newport, barely a third do.
At EducateNKY, our work focuses on changing this reality.
Author's summary: Ensuring kindergarten readiness is a community responsibility.