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PCCY Working to Block Cyber Charter Viruses
"This application fails to describe how teachers will deliver instruction, assess academic progress and communicate with students to provide assistance." This tough critique concluded PCCY's testimony last week at the Pennsylvania Department of Education's...
Heed the call, lawmakers. The times are a-changin’. Nov 13, 2020
Heed the call, lawmakers. The times are a-changin'. The reaction to the Biden-Harris win in Pennsylvania stimulated spontaneous dancing in the streets of Philadelphia and across the country. Now a week later, the razor thin Biden victory speaks volumes about...
TESTIMONY: Executive Education Cyber Charter Application – Nov 5, 2020
TESTIMONY REGARDING THE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CYBER CHARTER APPLICATION Pennsylvania Department of Education November 5 and 12, 2020 Tomea Sippio-Smith K-12 Education Policy Director Thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning. My name is Tomea Sippio-Smith. I...
TESTIMONY: Virtual Prep Academy of PA Cyber Charter Application – Nov 5, 2020
TESTIMONY REGARDING VIRTUAL PREP ACADEMY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S CYBER CHARTER APPLICATION Pennsylvania Department of Education November 5 and 12, 2020 Tomea Sippio-Smith K-12 Education Policy Director Thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning. My name is Tomea...
TESTIMONY: HB526 – Cyber Charter Reform – Oct 29, 2020
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HB: 526 (CYBER CHARTER REFORM) TESTIMONY Philadelphia City Council October 29, 2020 Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Education Policy Director, PCCY Thank you for the opportunity to speak this morning. I’m here today in support of Resolution No....
The Friend of Art Education award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PCCY’s Picasso Project Director, Tim Gibbon, to receive esteemed The Friend of Art Education award Philadelphia (October 16, 2020) – PCCY’s Picasso Project Director, Tim Gibbon, will receive the Pennsylvania Art Education Association, The Friend...
With A Friend Like This… October 10, 2020
With A Friend Like This... Speaking boldly before Philadelphia City Council 9th grader Aniyah Comer exclaimed, “Art Helps us be our best selves at school." Her statement and dozens of others from students were clarion calls to decision-makers to preserve the arts in...
Private school sweepstakes, sponsored by YOU–October 2, 2020
Private school sweepstakes, sponsored by YOU Pennsylvania school districts are in a crisis of historic proportions. Not since the Great Depression has the public education system in the Commonwealth faced such dire circumstances. ...
Virtual classes fail kids and taxpayers, actually–September 25, 2020
Virtual classes fail kids and taxpayers, actually Students are back in school, sort of. In 2020, for most kids, “in school” means online learning. Although more than 90% of the state’s school districts now offer an online education program, some families have chosen...