New school year, old school problems As the academic year kicks off, students are probably wondering about their new teachers and classmates, or whether their new glasses or haircut will get noticed. Hopefully they’re not wondering why things are getting...
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PCCY’s Minecraft Gaming Event and STEM Fair Returns!–Press Release
Blockbuster Minecraft gaming event returns to raise funds and ambitions about hi-tech learning in PHL schools STEMCraft to draw thousands of enthusiastic gamers and future scientists to School of the Future with unique challenges and expanded STEM fair! PHILADELPHIA...
No last words, just lasting legacies–August 10, 2018
No last words, just lasting legacies It was a one-two punch that left Philadelphia’s caring community reeling. You can still feel the aftershocks from the recent losses of civic investor Jeremy Nowak and iconoclastic philanthropist Gerry Lenfest, occurring in just a...
LeBron James lives up to Philly’s promise–August 3, 2018
Beating LeBron James to the buzzer The first day of school is just three weeks away for many students. (For readers without school-aged kids, yes, that’s right: Some PA schools start before Labor Day.) For 240 3rd and 4th graders in Ohio, their school year...
PHL leading in push to get more kids reading–July 27, 2018
In push to get more kids reading, Philly is leading We heard some great news for kids in Philadelphia—the district’s share of 3rd graders who tested at a proficient or better reading level increased 17%, outpacing gains made in nearly every major city in the...
BevTax fight is over–KIDS WIN!!!–July 20, 2018
BevTax fight is over--KIDS WIN! This week, by a degree of magnitude that is all too rare these days, the lives of thousands of children got better and Philadelphia became a better place to raise kids. Our hands are untied. The gloves are off. Philadelphia’s...
Something stinks in Fishtown–July 13, 2018
Something stinks in Fishtown In May, Forbes magazine declared Fishtown “America’s Hottest New Neighborhood.” Its real estate market is on fire as well as its cultural capital, thanks to gentrifying hipsters and savvy businesses who live by the motto “location,...
PA Schools Work. Harrisburg? Not so much…–July 6, 2018
PA Schools Work. Harrisburg? Not so much... Constitutionally inadequate. That’s what the State Supreme Court thinks of how the legislature funds schools, concluding that current levels are well below what students need to meet basic reading and math standards....
Where there are smokes, there’s fire–June 29, 2018
Where there are smokes, there's fire It was all hands on deck to beat back the preemption forces threatening 2,000 high quality pre-k seats. A proposed bill to bar PA municipalities from raising funds locally to pay for programs like pre-K was...
Improving conditions for locked up kids–June 22, 2018
Improving conditions for locked up kids After an onslaught of shocking footage of immigrant children separated from their parents and detained in cages, Philadelphia is working to change the story for its own youth experiencing the horrors of being severed from...