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Pennsylvania voters are more open to footing a larger bill for public education than Harrisburg seems to believe, a poll commissioned by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and the Public Citizens for Children and Youth suggests. The poll, which surveyed 604...

The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) and Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) jointly released findings from a new poll detailing the priority Pennsylvanians place on public education and their views on raising taxes to support it. Education and...

MEDIA — Sister Sandra Lyons has seen a lot in her 25 years of serving the people of Chester in Delaware County. But Friday, she didn’t want to see less of something. Lyons, the director of the Bernadine Center in Chester for the last six years, was representing one of...

Download PDF Students Create Lamps Inspired by American Literature, Now on Display in Center City (PHILADELPHIA) June 21st, 2013 – On Wednesday, June 19, students from Swenson Arts and Technology High School shined a light on literature in Center City...

Ravi Giberson, 11, will no longer be able to receive musical instruction at school because of the drastic budget cuts this year in the Philadelphia public school district. Ravi Giberson has been playing saxophone since he was eight years-old, but his passion for music...

Westside Weekly - June 21, 2013 - Article available online only.  Click here to read

Download PDF Delaware County Families, Faith-Based Organizations & Advocates Unite to Call for Delay on Tax Cut for Corporations   WHAT: A coalition of organizations plan to rally in Media to urge PA lawmakers to take action on a plan that would save $360...

Download PDF Delaware County Families, Faith-Based Organizations & Advocates Unite to Call for Delay on Tax Cut for Corporations   (PHILADELPHIA) June 21st, 2013 –Families, faith-based organizations and advocates from across the region will took the...

Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29 PCCY's Education Policy Director, Shanee Garner along with other advocates and parents at City Council talking about children's education and the school district and city/state budgets.

Check out PCCY's Arts Education Director, Gretchen Walker and Education Policy Director, Shanee Garner. View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com. Philadelphia just passed its budget including 74 million dollars for schools. Now, the state has until June 30 to...