Are Your Candidates on the Side of Kids? It’s a tragedy for our democracy that candidates are spending more time spreading poll-tested jargon than being clear with voters about where they stand on a range of issues. Twitter storms, photo ops, and well-crafted...
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A Win for Kids! – Jul 29, 2022
The Fundamentals of Literacy...and Political Change As far right forces try to divide our communities by instigating battles over what books can be in libraries and how our teachers teach history, we united forces to make sure our kids can actually read. ...
Courage, healing, hope – Jul 22, 2022
Without Hope, How do They Have Courage? Gun shootings happen with such frequency in our schools, malls, and neighborhoods that we risk becoming numb to the horror. With such pervasive violence in our culture, how do we give our children hope and the tools to be...
If Not Us, then Who? – Jul 15, 2022
Whipped Up About the Elections Vote in Primary Elections…check! Contact legislators to support education funding…check! Become a Child Care Voter…check? Together so far this year, we have successfully lobbied for a state budget that supports kids and...
Have we traded one king for another? – Jul 1, 2022
Our Declaration for Children and Teens Monday is shaping up to be a beautiful day weatherwise for the 4th of July. It’s the day we celebrate ending the tyranny of the Crown of England that extracted taxes from his subjects in the new land while refusing to...
Tell them “No!” – Jun 24, 2022
Stop Harrisburg from Robbing our Future Leaders in the Pennsylvania House and Senate are hell-bent on passing a budget that harms the state's future - our children - and will increase local property taxes once again. You can do something today to stop that from...
What is the legislature thinking? – Jun 17, 2022
Public Schools are Pinching Pennies while Cyber Charters are Rolling in Cash While the General Assembly was busy passing a bill this week to protect charter school interests, the PA Charter Performance Center released a report showing that cyber charters have...
No Better Investment than Kids – May 13, 2022
PA's Budget Surplus Can Be a Game-Changer for Kids For years we’ve been told that the money just isn’t there to meet the needs of schools, child care programs, or children’s health. Routinely, state lawmakers would metaphorically pull out their empty pockets...
Happy Teacher/Nurse/Mother’s Day! – May 6, 2022
Giving Back to Those Who Give So Much Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, National Nurses Day today, and Mother’s Day (a bit early). We send best wishes and thanks to all teachers, nurses, and mothers for their compassion, encouragement, and commitment to making...
It’s Gonna Take A Miracle To Stop This – Apr 29, 2022
It's No Joke A priest, a hedge fund millionaire, and a right- wing think tank director walk into a bar. The priest says to the hedge fund guy, "I know you’ve faltered in your now ten-year effort to destroy public education. I have a way for you to finally get...