We Philadelphians have a special kind of love for this old city. It is a love rooted in family, food, neighborhoods, and, yes, our schools. As a “lifer” in the Philadelphia School District, from 1999 to 2012, I have a vested interest in its future. Over the last two...
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Manderino to Head New School Funding Campaign
HARRISBURG (Aug. 18) – A former state lawmaker with a reputation for consensus-building will manage a newly formed, non-partisan campaign to address one of Pennsylvania’s most important and challenging issues: the funding of its public schools. Kathy Manderino has...
School Meals, with a focus on School Breakfast
Children who eat breakfast at school perform better on standardized tests, are better behaved and have better attendance than students who skip breakfast or eat at home. Yet, school breakfast remains underutilized in our region. PCCY works to increase participation...
Cutting Funding For Philadelphia Schools Wipes Out Academic Gains
Thanks to chronic underfunding from the State, the School District of Philadelphia is $81 million short of what it needs to open this year and hundreds of millions of dollars behind the full funding it needs to educate our children. The Inquirer reports that the...
Philadelphia Joins National Campaign Getting Kids To Read Before It’s Too Late – CBSPhilly – August 17, 2014
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Brain researchers have found that learning to read gets much harder after the age of nine. That’s sparked a national campaign to get kids reading on grade level by that age. Last week, Philadelphia city and school officials, non-profits and...
What’s Going On Crisis For Philadelphia Public Schools – Q102 – August 17, 2014
Donna Cooper Executive Director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth talks about the dire consequences Philadelphia Public Schools Face if funding doesn't come through. Click here for video. Q102 - August 17, 2014
Parents anxiously await decision on Philly schools – Philadelphia Daily News – August 15, 2014
With the summer winding down, Erika Ford's daughter, Jordin, is excited about her first day of kindergarten - or "big kids' school," as she calls it. "It's like something that she's been waiting for, leading up to, looking forward to," said Ford, of Nicetown....
Philly Schools Will Open On Time, But With Fewer Resources Than Last Year – WHYY Newsworks – August 15, 2014
Philadelphia's public schools will open on time and – for the time being – mass layoffs will be averted. Superintendent William Hite made the announcement Friday morning after a month where he offered both options as a way to cover the district's $81 million budget...
State Education Policy
Funding Education in Pennsylvania PCCY fact sheet describing how schools are funded, what the Costing Out Study is and what a funding formula would do. Click here to download the fact sheet. Poll: School Funding Cuts Are Top Concern for PA Voters: Believe New Revenue...
Testimony to the Special Education Funding Commission
Testimony to the Special Education Funding Commission - Commonwealth’s methods of distributing state special education appropriations among the 500 school districts across the Commonwealth.