Jan 5, 2024
WE KNOW WHAT WORKS – LET’S DO IT AGAIN Sometimes it’s a good thing that history repeats itself. It’s worth considering when it comes to funding public schools. This year’s public school assessments (PSSAs) are a stark warning that far too many...
Dec 8, 2023
EMPOWERING YOUNG VOICES TO BUILD LASTING CHANGE Fati Sidibe is a bright senior attending public school and a member of our Justice in Education program. Fati, and the other teens we trained, helped us dispel the myth that kids don’t care and can’t do anything...
Nov 17, 2023
BOOSTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ISN’T A MYSTERY The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) test results are in and they’re a call to action to lawmakers to invest in education. Students are doing better today than during COVID. With the resources...
Nov 13, 2023
Nov 13, 2023
Vets call on each of us to engage and protect democracy The daily count of lives lost in the wars raging around the world breaks our hearts. Today we are called on to acknowledge the bravery of the 16.5 million veterans living among us and the millions more...
Nov 13, 2023
CAN ANGELS POINT THE WAY TO LITERACY FOR LAWMAKERS? Here’s your chance to meet Philadelphia’s literacy angel, Dorian Harris, who’s made family literacy the core value of his own family and the community of families in our region. As a single parent raising...
