Sep 22, 2022
The Greater Philadelphia Extracurricular Collaborative (GPEC) is a coalition of out-of-school time (OST) providers and interested funders in Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. Together with Children First, GPEC has been encouraging the School District of...
Sep 9, 2022
The Teacher Shortage is Not Temporary Schools are back in session. Eager students clamor as they file into classrooms, some for the first time in two years. Yet far too many students won’t be greeted with smiles and words of encouragement from their...
Sep 2, 2022
The Education Law Center’s updated “Back-to-School” guide is an incredible tool to advocate and serve PA’s public school students and families. Check it out here. Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during...
Aug 25, 2022
Is This Really How We Can Protect Children? There’s been a lot of ruckus lately at school board meetings in Bucks County where some really loud voices are crying foul over certain library books, art, and teachers who promote acceptance. It’s not like other...
Aug 5, 2022
A Bipartisan Call to Get Charter Reform Legislation Across the Finish Line [Occasionally we share other voices in the fight for children’s rights. Below is a bipartisan opinion piece published in The Mercury newspaper that gets right to “The...
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. ...
