Jul 20, 2015
About 140,000 children will be born in Pennsylvania this year, and they’ll be preschool age in 2018. Those young learners don’t get to delay pre-k until we can make it more available, so we need to get to work now to make sure it will be there when they need it. There...
Jul 9, 2015
The School District of Philadelphia, The Lenfest Foundation and the William Penn Foundation announced a collective $30 million effort to improve literacy education that eventually could impact the 48,000 children in kindergarten through third grade (K-3) at SDP. The...
Jul 1, 2015
Mayor Nutter announced Tuesday the members of a new Commission on Universal Pre-Kindergarten, who will look at the cost, space and staffing needs associated with providing an education to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the city. The Commission, which met for the first time...
Jul 1, 2015
MAYOR NUTTER yesterday introduced the members of a new commission tasked with devising a plan to expand the city’s high-quality preschool options and fund it. The city’s Commission on Universal Pre-K – overwhelmingly approved by voters in May –...
Jul 1, 2015
Philadelphia’s push to make quality preschool available citywide has taken another step with the inaugural meeting of the Mayor’s Commission on Universal Pre-Kindergarten. The 17-member commission, established by a voter referendum last May, now faces a...
May 29, 2015
Close the Gap, Grow the Economy Pennsylvania can grow its economy by closing achievement gaps in its schools, according to a compelling new report released by the RAND Corporation. The report teaches us three important things: Pennsylvania lost $1-$3 billion in...
