Philadelphia’s district attorney is urging voters to approve a question on tomorrow’s ballot that would create a panel to recommend a plan for provide for universal pre-kindergarten. Why is DA Seth Williams pushing a “yes” vote on the pre-K ballot question? “The most...
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Neighborhood schools: Fragile gains at risk – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – May 18, 2015
The faces of young Philadelphia can be found sitting around a table in the sunny classroom of a neighborhood high school. There’s a young woman from Bangladesh who loves learning, but who just two years ago spoke hardly any English. There’s a young African American...
DA Seth Williams Joins Children to Support Universal Pre-K Ballot Question
With less than 24 hours before the May 19th Primary Election, District Attorney Seth Williams made an impassioned plea for ballot question number four. And that ballot question, which eighty percent of Philadelphia voters supported, asked if the Philadelphia Home Rule...
Vote YES on Ballot Measure #4
For too long, working families have struggled to pay for child care, but many kids are enrolled in lower-quality care. Half the children entering our public schools don't have the basic skills they need to learn to read, do math, or work cooperatively. As a city we...
2015 PCCY Action Days – May 12, 2015
Be a champion for children! Join PCCY in Philadelphia and Harrisburg throughout the months of May and June to advocate on behalf of our region’s children. Click on the events below to sign up. K-12 Education Action Days Thursday, May 21, 2015: Action Day in...
PreK Ballot Handout
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Pre-K for PA’s Push for Expanded Early Education Makes Headway – Generocity – April 24, 2015
Pre-K for PA is a non-partisan issue campaign that aims to expand access to pre-Kindergarten to all 3 to 4-year-olds in the state by 2018. Now in its second year, the campaign has reached what could be its first major legislative victory: Governor Tom Wolf has...
What are the candidates for Mayor saying about Children’s Issues: Will they increase Pre-K? – April 10, 2015
Three of the candidates list specific actions they would take to provide access to pre-k to all children in Philadelphia. Abraham: calls for mandatory pre-k by 2020 and would use $20 million in City funds to jump-start expansion and proposes a Universal Pre-K...
Paying for high-quality pre-K cast as investment in Pa. future – WHYY Newsworks – March 26, 2015
One Wednesday morning at the Paley Early Learning Center in Northeast Philadelphia, 4-year-old Quincy was learning how to write the letter 'L'. Tracing arrows with his finger, he repeated after his teacher the different parts of the letter: a long line and a short...
What Voters Want in the Next Budget
Pennsylvania Voters Speak: Is Harrisburg Listening? When a majority of Pennsylvania voters get behind a plan, leaders in Harrisburg should pay attention. Across the commonwealth voters are saying yes to investments in early learning, investments in basic and special...