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Corbett’s Proposed Education Funding Falls Short, Advocates Say – Philadelphia Inquirer – February 6, 2013
The proposed state budget unveiled by Gov. Corbett would allow for some increase in basic education aid, more funding for early childhood education, and a new block grant program that hinges on privatizing alcohol sales. "My budget works to provide our public schools...
Governors Budget Proposes $1.8 Billion for Roads But Shortchanges Pennsylvania Children
Download PDF “Status Quo” Budget Means Pennsylvania Children and Economy Won’t Grow (Philadelphia, PA) February 05, 2013 – Governor Tom Corbett today proposed a 2013-14 budget that fails to move Pennsylvania forward by funding growth in student...
A New State Budget Proposal, Another Fight For Education Aid – Public School Notebook – February 4, 2013
Even before making the annual February budget proposal to the legislature for 2013-14, Gov. Tom Corbett said that this year he would not slash funding for basic education. Still, public education advocacy groups like Public Citizens for Children and Youth are...
Houston School Gets $5k for the Arts – Chestnut Hill Patch – January 31, 2013
Houston School students were presented with a $5,000 check by Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s Picasso Project for their arts project “RURAL LANE RECORDS.” The 7th and 8th grade students will create, perform and record original songs onto a CD in Houston’s...
2013 Picasso Project Grants Award Ceremony
Download PDF Picasso Project Grant Awards Ceremony: Fourteen Philadelphia K-12 Public Schools will receive up to $5,000 for Arts Projects WHO: As part of its efforts to keep the arts alive in Philadelphia schools, the Picasso Project, an arts advocacy program of...
New PCCY Executive Director Still Has Education As Top Priority – WHYY Newsworks – January 24, 2013
For the first time in 26 years, the advocacy group Public Citizens for Children and Youth has a new president. Donna Cooper will lead the organization following the retirement of Shelly Yanoff, whose work on health, education, child care and other issues affecting...
Hite’s Philadelphia Schools Blueprint Praised And Poked – Philadelphia Inquirer – January 8, 2013
People think William R. Hite Jr.'s new blueprint for the Philadelphia School District is "focused" and "diligent." They say it's "thorough" and the "serious and good work" of a "thoughtful practitioner." But on Monday, it was also judged by some local education...
Singing The Praises Of A Voice For Children – Liberty City Press – December 18, 2012
One day Shelly Yanoff came into the office with pneumonia. When the region’s legendary children’s advocate stepped through the doorway of Public Citizens for Children Youth (PCCY) pale and sweating, at first, her staff stared at her in disbelief. But we should not...
Call For Moratorium on New Cyber Charter Schools in PA – Public News Service – December 17, 2012
Some Pennsylvania groups say cyber charter schools in the state aren't making the grade, and they're urging state education officials to impose a moratorium on any new ones. Rhonda Brownstein, the executive director of the Education Law Center, says only one of the...