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Testimony to the School Board of Philadelphia

Testimony to the School Board of Philadelphia January 27, 2023 Kate Fox, Behavioral Health Policy Director, Children First Hello, my name is Kate Fox, and I am leading the policy and advocacy work on mental health at Children First. I am here to testify in support of...

What’s Rozzi’s Agenda? – Jan 6, 2023

  What Does the Fight for Speaker Mean?  Pennsylvania’s new Speaker of the House, Mark Rozzi, made his mark doggedly fighting for years to get justice for survivors of childhood sexual abuse by extending the statute of limitations so that pedophiles...

PA Charter Performance Center Advisory Board

PA Charter Performance Center Advisory Board:  Veronica Brooks-Uy, Interim VP of Policy, National Association of Charter School Authorizers Esther Bush, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Sarah Cohodes, Associate Professor of Economics and Education...

A Toilet on the State Capitol Steps?! – Dec 9, 2022

  Prevent Our Kids’ Futures from Going Down the Drain At least once a week, people ask us the same question: why did you put a toilet on the Capitol steps?   After years of using charts and graphs to prove that students in Pennsylvania were harmed by the...

TESTIMONY: Read To Succeed – Nov 17, 2022

Children First Testimony Before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Hearing Read to Succeed: Early Childhood and Its Effects on Childhood Literacy November 17, 2022   Note: Graphics and images may be better viewed by downloading this PDF. Senators, thank...