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Picasso Project Provides Arts Opportunities at Bache-Martin Elementary School
The talented teachers at Bache-Martin Elementary School created the above video to show how their students created arts projects through a partnership with The Clay Studio and PCCY's Picasso Project. A special thanks goes out to Patty and Stephen Segal, whose...
Photos: Education Advocacy in Action
Education Cuts = Property Tax Hikes for Bucks and Montgomery County Homeowners
In 2011, Pennsylvania legislators cut nearly a billion dollars from public education and left our schools shorthanded and without a funding formula. The budget cuts were needed, ostensibly, because Harrisburg—and therefore the taxpayers—could not afford the current...
Testimony to Philadelphia City Council: School Funding Crisis
Fund the schools and you'll fix pensions, crime and stabilize struggling neighborhoods.
What $440 Million Buys for Philadelphia Students
When it comes to the School District of Philadelphia, a lot of numbers get thrown around. $440 million requested. $216 million to keep the status quo. $120 million sales tax. With all these large numbers, it’s not hard to lose sight of what...
Local Education Organizations Respond to Council Action for Philadelphia Schools
Download Press Release PHILADELPHIA (May 15th, 2014) - A group of leading Philadelphia education organizations released the following joint statement responding to City Council President Darrell Clarke’s ordinance to extend the sales tax extension: We commend...
Sales Tax Split Harms Students and Hardly Helps Pensions
Everyone agrees that the School District of Philadelphia is in dire financial straits. What they cannot agree on, however, is what they are willing to do to get out of them. The District says it needs $216 million to avoid an additional 1,000...
Testimony to Philadelphia City Council—Committee of the Whole: School Funding Crisis
Splitting Sales Tax Revenue with Pensions Makes Little Fiscal Sense
Download PDF Groups Send Letter to City Leaders That Shows Problems with Splitting the 1% Sales Tax Extension PHILADELPHIA (May 2nd, 2014) – Splitting sales tax revenue between Philadelphia schools and City pensions would do little to improve the city’s...