Testimony Presented to the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education on the proposed ASPIRA Bilingual Business, Finance and Technology Charter High School Public Citizens for Children and Youth PA Charter Performance Center January 29, 2021 Thank you for the...
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School funding shouldn’t harm our kids – it’s only logical, Jan 29, 2021
It defies logic. Over a quarter century ago, lawmakers passed a funding policy known as “hold harmless” which mandates that school districts cannot receive less funding than they did the year prior. Regardless of the number of students lost in the...
Speak up to fix the broken way that Pennsylvania funds public schools
Pennsylvania is the only state that maintains a “hold harmless” approach to funding schools. This system protects school districts that are losing students at the expense of districts that are stable or growing, like all of the districts in our region of Southeastern...
Hold Harmless Ed Funding Report
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, PCCY 347-607-1058 mobile amyk@childrenfirstpa.com NEW PCCY REPORT SHOWS “HOLD HARMLESS” EDUCATION FUNDING FORUMLA DRAMATICALLY HARMS CHILDREN PHILADELPHIA (January 27, 2021) – Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) today...
REPORT: Hold Harmless: A Quarter Century of Inequity at the Heart of Pennsylvania’s School System – Jan 2021
This report reveals the significant harm done by the education funding system paradoxically known as “hold harmless.” This system fails to account for the massive shift in district enrollment, resulting in an education funding system that’s among the most inequitable...
RECORDING: Surprising Outcomes for Students in Charter Schools in New Orleans – Jan 2021
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans radically remade its education system by closing nearly all traditional public schools and replacing them with charter schools. In this insightful talk, Tulane University’s Doug Harris describes the surprising outcomes for...
“Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children.” – Jan 15, 2021
“Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children." - Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The steps of the beloved Lincoln Memorial, where Dr. King spoke those words in 1963, were filled with thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters...
We Have to Tell the Truth – Jan 8, 2021
We Need to Tell the Truth There were so many moments over the last four years when parents across America wished that the U.S. Secretary of Education would look out for their children. During her tenure as the nation’s spokesperson for education, Secretary...
Kids These Days…Dec 18, 2020
“Kids these days.” It’s a familiar refrain around the holiday table when older adults regale us with tales of walking to school 10 miles uphill (both ways) in the snow. But let me tell you about kids these days—they are remarkable. Kids these days are...
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