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What they wish we did not know–July 31, 2020

What they wish we did not know While speculation of miracle cures continue to pepper COVID-19 news coverage, the facts surrounding the global pandemic in this, its fifth month, are very clear. They are clear because they are so few. COVID-19 is highly contagious, and...

Local Child Care Centers Speak Out–July 24, 2020

Local Child Care Centers Speak Out The swath of bankruptcies might inure us to the risk of losing some businesses or organizations over others. Nieman Marcus, J.C. Penny, Payless, Brooks Brothers and now Ann Taylor are among the first casualties in retail of the...

10 Things to Keep Kids Safe From COVID at School–July 17, 2020

  Keeping Kids Safe at School You don’t have to be a parent to be worried about children heading back to school in September—due to COVID, keeping students safe affects us all. That’s why districts across PA are working hard to plan for this exceedingly complex...

PA legislators pull a fast one…May 29, 2020

        The Commonwealth rallies for students We thought we’d seen it all. We made clear we were fed up with politics as usual. Given the crushing economic impact of COVID-19 shutdowns statewide, we were bracing for a doomsday scenario for public...