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Will They, or Won’t They? – Dec 11, 2021

  Enough Drama for a Telenovela  As far as sagas go, there hasn’t been this much “Will they, or won’t they?” since the storied, weekly plotline Rachel and Ross of Friends. If you didn’t catch the wildly popular sitcom, just imagine waiting nine years for the...

Four Steps from the Classroom to the Courtroom – Nov 17, 2021

    It’s Day Four of the Fair Funding Trial and the testimony so far has been powerful and revealing. This is history in the making and you don’t want to miss a minute of it. Here are four ways to stay connected: 1. Tune in to the amazing new student podcast...

Here Comes the Judge – Nov 12, 2021

  We Witnessed History in the Making  In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens artfully portrays the stark disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Today’s opening remarks in the Fair Funding Lawsuit could have been written by Dickens himself. The State...

FACT SHEETS: Skyrocketing Cyber Charter Enrollment – Nov 5, 2021

Enrollment in cyber charter schools skyrocketed has during the pandemic, causing Southeastern Pennsylvania school districts to pay over $96 million more in charter school tuition and intensifying pressure on local property taxpayers. See the breakdown on costs and...

Speech: PA Schools Work and Ed Funding – Oct 27, 2021

Speech Presented at PASW Press Conference in Harrisburg October 27, 2021 Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Policy Director Children First Good morning. My name is Tomea Sippio-Smith. I am the K-12 Education Policy Director at Children First, formerly known as Public Citizens...