Apr 6, 2022
Testimony for the House Democratic Policy Committee Impact of Cyber Charter Schools on Rising Property Taxes and What We Can Do About It Irvis Office Building, Capitol Complex, Harrisburg Monday, April 4th, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM G-50 My name is Tomea...
Apr 1, 2022
Tomorrow’s Leaders Make their Case to Today’s Lawmakers “Our text books are older than the students using them.” The sad state of textbooks was raised by Upper Darby student Tanveer K. in a meeting with House Democratic Leader Joanna...
Mar 28, 2022
TO: The Honorable Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives FROM: Concerned Education Stakeholders and Advocates SUBJECT: House Bill 2169 – Lifeline Scholarship Program DATE: March 28, 2022 On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we respectfully urge...
Mar 18, 2022
Councilmember David Oh wants to repeal the Philly soda tax and deny 4,000 children quality pre-k. If you’re a Philly parent, let him know that a few cents on a soda means so much more for kids! Sad but true observation by a 10-year-old girl talking about...
Feb 25, 2022
The Fate of Democracy Is In Our Hands The stories and images coming out of Ukraine are horrifying. Our hearts are breaking for the Ukrainian people as they face death and destruction at the hands of Russian invaders in an unfounded military attack that...
Feb 11, 2022
With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends? Pennsylvania is having its own Brown v Board of Education moment. It’s no surprise to us that the crack team of lawyers led by the Public Interest Law Center and Education Law Center have mounted a persuasive case...
