Statement by Donna Cooper on Mayor’s Budget Proposal PCCY once again lauds Mayor Kenney for adopting the cause of school children of Philadelphia as his top priority. We wholeheartedly agree with the Mayor that it’s time for a new chapter for our schools and we...
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Healing after violence touches a schoolyard–February 23, 2018
Healing after violence touches a schoolyard Gunfire rings out from a schoolyard and a garden of hope blooms. This is a story about one school community, four years of crafty 5th graders, and the transformative power of arts education. Six years ago, a...
The Benefits of Pre-K Keep Going and…–January 19, 2018
The benefits keep going and going and... There’s no argument about the success-building power of high quality pre-k in the early learning years of children. But there are critics of the early education pillar still harping about flawed studies that claim by 3rd...
How “worst” charter law fails students and taxpayers–January 12, 2018
How "worst" law fails students and taxpayers At this week’s launch event for PCCY’s new charter school report, a packed house representing every opinion, pro or con, on charter schools rallied behind a single message: Pennsylvanians are paying for a lousy charter...
Checklist for High Quality Charter School Legislation
REPORT: Expanding High-Quality Charter School Options – Jan 2018
Since 2012, 23 states have amended their laws to improve the quality of charter schools. Pennsylvania is not one of those states. The legislature has not revised the charter school law to include best practices for access, autonomy or accountability since it was...
How Are Schools Funded in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania’s struggling education system is hurting kids and hurting business. The share of education funding from the State has been declining for decades and now PA ranks 7th from the bottom in state share of education funding. Check out the PowerPoint...
PRESENTATION: A Tale of Two Classrooms: Education Funding In PA – Nov 2017
As we all know, Pennsylvania’s schools are underfunded. PCCY's latest report shows how this underfunding impact kids at the classroom level.
How to have your cake and hate it too–August 4, 2017
How to have your cake and hate it too It just doesn’t make any sense. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the issue repeatedly, most recently just last year. So why is Attorney General Jeff Sessions trying to set affirmative action in university admissions on...
Letter Regarding Charter Bill (House Bill 97) To PA Senate
July 7, 2017 Dear Senators, We are writing to you today about House Bill 97 which seeks to amend the charter school law. As advocates for high quality educational options for students, we believe that students should have greater access to high schools, charter or...