Nov 1, 2019
Tomea A. Sippio-Smith Education Policy Director Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) 990 Spring Garden Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19123 CHARTER SCHOOL HEARING TESTIMONY Senate Education Policy Committee Hearing October 22, 2019 When the Pennsylvania...
Sep 13, 2019
We Rang the Bell…Now Ring the Alarm It’s impossible to know if asbestos in her school’s building is behind a veteran teacher’s mesothelioma diagnosis. We do know that around 160 school buildings in the Philadelphia district contain asbestos. We...
Sep 3, 2019
Parents Aren’t The Only Ones Doing Back To School Shopping This Labor Day weekend, parents aren’t the only ones doing back to school shopping. Pennsylvania’s teachers are also jamming the school supply aisles. On average, teachers...
Aug 23, 2019
Bipartisan Consensus Over PA’s Charter School Crisis First, a Kafkaesque story: After years of struggle, Erie School District faced insolvency, requiring a $14M bailout and a financial administrator to come up with a five-year-plan. The...
Aug 13, 2019
FAIR EDUCATION FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS House Democratic Policy Committee Meeting Tomea A. Sippio-Smith Education Policy Director Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) August 12, 2019 In 2016, Pennsylvania devised a way to fund the schools in a fair and...
Jun 28, 2019
Why a $1B surplus has PA voters seeing red This one’s really hard to swallow. State revenues are nearly a BILLION dollars higher than expected for this year. Next year, the fiscally conservative Senate bean-counters expect the state coffers will be more...
