Mar 12, 2018
Testimony before the City Council of Philadelphia Committee on Education March 12, 2018 Presented by Donna Cooper, Executive Director Public Citizens for Children and Youth Thank you to the members of the Education Committee assembled today for this important hearing...
Mar 2, 2018
Fail students and blame them at the same time The fair funding lawsuit takes another step forward on March 7, 2018 when the Commonwealth Court will hear objections filed by PA House and Senate Majority Leaders Turzai and Scarnati. To say that their...
Mar 2, 2018
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...
Jan 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...
Jan 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...
Jan 11, 2018
