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Investing In Education Yields Returns For All – Bucks County Courier Times – February 15, 2011
Our elected officials face two major challenges: managing shrinking budgets and supporting policies that will strengthen America's workforce and get our economy growing again. Our nation's prosperity depends on both. Investing in early childhood education is a...
Grants Benefit School Arts Programs – Philadelphia Tribune – February 10, 2011
The Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), through the Picasso Project, presented grants totaling $41,000 to 10 Philadelphia public schools Jan. 11 at World Café Live. The grants, ranging from $2,590 to $4,500, will support cultural arts projects supported by...
POLICY PAPER: Enhancing Pathways for Collaboration Between Teaching Artists and Philadelphia Public Schools – Feb 2011
PCCY's report on art educators and artists working in Philadelphia schools.
Vouchers That Help Some Shouldn’t Punish Others – Philly.com – February 1, 2010
Too many of our children are locked into public schools that are failing them. In recent years, the state has invested in improving our public schools through a formula whose goal is to provide the necessary support for students to meet state-achievement criteria....
At 18 Renaissance Schools, Future Holds Hope and Trepidation – Philadelphia Inquirer – January 31, 2011
When principal Otis Hackney left district headquarters Tuesday morning, having just been told that South Philadelphia High would be turned into a "Renaissance school," he carried a box of letters to be delivered to teachers and staff. The missives would alert them to...
The Death of Public Education in Pennsylvania – Philadelphia Inquirer – January 31, 2011
FOR THE school-choice movement, a voucher system giving parents the ability to send their children - and with them our tax money - to the public, private, parochial, charter or cyber schools that they select, is the latest holy grail in the pursuit of a quality...
10 Hours of Testimony on Voucher Bill – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – October 22, 2010
The state Senate’s Education Committee held a hearing on Oct. 13 to discuss the future of proposed Senate Bill 1405, which would amend current state law to allow for a publicly funded voucher program in Pennsylvania. The bill was proposed by Sen. Anthony Williams who,...
Picasso Grant Program – Mt. Airy Patch – October 21, 2010
PICASSO GRANT PROGRAM WORKS TO GIVE BACK TO THE ARTS; WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON The workshop will be held at InFusion Coffee & Tea from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed in 2002, efforts to remedy failing public schools...
Facing Sharp Funding Drop, District Examines Its Options – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – October, 2010
Some advocates say Washington and Harrisburg should be doing more right now to stave off the crisis, including raising new revenue. “We should all be telling our state legislators that we need the Marcellus Shale tax (on natural gas companies), and that we can’t keep...