Opening Play of the PA State Budget

  MAKE THE NUMBERS LINE UP FOR KIDS In many ways, putting together a $53.2 billion state budget is like winning at Rubik’s cube – each twist toward matching patterns must be carefully planned or else you could get trapped in a losing game.    Governor Shapiro...

Can it be right for the gov’t to break up families?

  Government-Sanctioned Family Separation Goes Beyond Immigration Enforcement In these chaotic times when we are awash in videos documenting children used as bait in the ICE dragnet or swollen child detention centers filled with orphaned immigrant children, it’s...

Are You Feeling Better?

  Dangerous Snowball Effect of Bad Health Policy If national leaders really want to Make America Healthy Again, pushing kids off health insurance is not the way to go. In Pennsylvania today, more than 153,000 children do not have health insurance, the highest in...

True or False

  Here Are the Facts about Child Care Because a YouTuber posted on social media that he wasn’t allowed in secure child care centers in Minnesota, he claimed fraud. The President reacted to the post and – without any evidence – ordered an immediate freeze of $10...

Another Year for Kids

  Congratulations! You’re already ahead on your New Year’s Resolutions by reading this email.  Looking forward to another year of working together for equitable access to high-quality early education, sound health care, effective public schools, and...

Wishing You a Happy Holiday!

  w Have you ever left your job to care for your kid or were forced to return to work sooner than you wanted after having a baby? If so, share your stories with us to get help get paid family & medical leave in passed in PA! Click here. American Academy of...