Mar 26, 2020
Testimony Presented to the Philadelphia Board of Education March 26, 2020 Donna Cooper, Executive Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth I commend the Board and the Superintendent for attending to the urgent nutritional needs of the tens of thousands of...
Mar 24, 2020
[Post your photos using the hashtag #TEACHOURKIDS and help avoid an educational crisis for students as they shelter-in-place.] Our Children Must Continue to Learn We know that a crisis can bring out the best of us and the worst of us. We laud the compassionate and...
Mar 20, 2020
Inequity is a preexisting condition in PA Despite what you may have heard, COVID-19 is striking children. They may be spared the fatal symptoms of the virus, but they are certainly not protected from the consequences of the frayed national, state and local...
Feb 24, 2020
There’s a palpable excitement in numerous Philadelphia schools this term. It’s boosting critical thinking, empathy and tolerance. Educators tell us it awakens the imaginations of students, inspires a new level of curiosity, and reinvigorates their drive to excel...
Feb 7, 2020
Little comfort when your house is on fire… This week’s budget address contained some wins for kids (more money for CHIP and Medicare) and some losses (no money at all for child care). It also had a few duds, like $100 million more for basic...
Jan 31, 2020
A not-so-secret shared agenda There were a few recent developments we wanted to share with you this week that filled us with cautious optimism. The through line, of course, is a focus on the needs of children. Chronic underfunding of schools...
