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Two Weeks and Counting… – Aug 8, 2025

  Students Going Back to School But PA Senate Still Stalling State Budget Negotiations With 447,330 PA students returning to classrooms in just two weeks, education advocates demand that the Senate GOP fulfill their constitutional obligation to adequately fund...

Coming Up Aces for Kids – Jul 25, 2025

  WHO’S WINNING IN THIS GAME? PA students could hit the jackpot if the players in Harrisburg would agree on how to tax “video-gaming” terminals in bars, fire halls, taverns, and convenience stores. In a rare public display of intramural rivalry,...

What’s the Story in Harrisburg? – July 18, 2025

  FUNDING EDUCATION CAN’T TAKE A VACATION In about a month, kids are going to return to the classroom and schools still don’t know what resources they’ll have. The PA state budget is now three weeks overdue, the 14th time in 20 years that...

Are vouchers coming to PA? – June 15, 2025

  REAL CHOICE REQUIRES REAL INVESTMENT State lawmakers have a choice to make. Choice 1: dedicate tax dollars to building an effective public education system where every student who walks through the doors graduates with real world skills. Choice 2: divert...

Storm Clouds Over Education – May 16, 2025

  THIS IS WHAT COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE Penn-Delco student Cameryn Knight-Branch didn’t mince words, standing in the rain as she sent her message to state lawmakers. “I am here in Harrisburg because PA students cannot wait any longer for you to step up and...

TESTIMONY: Increasing Millage Rate, Inella Ray – April 30, 2025

Testimony to the Philadelphia City Council on Increasing Millage Rate Presented by Inella Ray, Director of Parent Advocacy and Engagement, Children First April 30, 2025 Good morning, City Council President Johnson and members of City Council, My name is Inella Ray. I...