Interview with Cindy Heine, May 12, 2014
Project: Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Cindy Heine discusses her work with the Prichard Committee for Academic excellence from 1983 through 2014. She was a volunteer member until 1989 when Robert Sexton hired her as his associate director. She discusses attending the legislative task force on education reform meetings that led to the passage of KERA; her work on the committee's 800 line to answer the public's questions on education reform; her focus on early childhood education, and in particular the Strong Start campaign; and her experience in working with the media.Interview Accession
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Bluegrass Institute David Hornbeck Dot Ridings Edward F. Prichard Family Foundation Greg Stumbo John Tilley Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Kentuky Common Core Standards Lois Combs Weinberg Pamela Papka Sexton Paul Patton Perry Project Pre-kindergarten education Robert F. Sexton Scottie Kenkel Standardized testing Strong Start Susan Weston Terry Holliday Bob Sexton Prichard Committee on Higher Education in Kentucky's FutureInterview Rights
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Heine, Cindy Interview by Arwen Donahue. 12 May. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Heine, C. (2014, May 12). Interview by A. Donahue. Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Heine, Cindy, interview by Arwen Donahue. May 12, 2014, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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