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REPORT: Investing in Career Related Learning for High School Students

Investing in public education excellence is the path to thriving communities, a stable economy, and successful students. Yet Pennsylvania’s underfunded and decentralized K-12 career and technical education (CTE) and dual enrollment (in college as well as high school),...

Students’ Fight for Funding Doesn’t Stop – Feb 17, 2023

  Pa. school funding verdict is a welcome start, but battle is far from over We couldn’t say it better than Paul, Trinity, and Fati — all graduates of our Justice in Education program — who currently attend underfunded public schools. Here is their commentary...

Moving the Ball to the End Zone – Feb 10, 2023

  Making the Next Successful Play for Kids  As our state turns green to cheer on the hometown team for the Super Bowl, it’s hard not to reflect on how crazy it is that the Eagles’ players, who may get battered around by Kansas City, will feel a greater sense...

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...