Let me tell you about where I live. My home needs an estimated $34 million to adequately fund public education. The spending gap between the best-funded and the worst-funded classrooms is $142,000. Moreover, only 7 percent of kids in this jurisdiction have access to...
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Cast a Vote for PCCY and Why Funding Matters to Ensure Childhood Success – October 31, 2014
Does PCCY Deserve Your Vote? PCCY’s Health Policy Director Colleen McCauley is a semifinalist for the Health Hero Award from Be Well Philly and Independence Blue Cross. If Colleen wins, PCCY will receive a $3,000 donation. Colleen is a true health hero who leads...
Election Nears as Education Issues Heat Up – October 24, 2014
Candidates for Office Likely to Win When They are Pro Pre-K With Election Day only 11 days away, a pair of recent statewide polls shows strong voter support for pre-k in Pennsylvania – especially among swing and important likely voters. Sixty-three percent of...
Controller calls for overhaul in charter-school funding – Philadelphia Daily News – October 23, 2014
PENNSYLVANIA'S charter-school funding formula is unfair and damaging to the Philadelphia School District, City Controller Alan Butkovitz said in a report issued yesterday. The Controller's Office conducted an analysis of the district's 86 charter schools and found...
New Polls Show Strong Support for High-Quality Pre-K – PR Newswire – October 22, 2014
With Election Day fast approaching, two recent statewide polls of likely Pennsylvania voters demonstrate consistent and strong support for high-quality pre-kindergarten programming and voter prioritization for pre-k has grown. The polls are consistent with a...
Kindergarten-Readiness Tests: Navigating a Tricky Terrain – Education Week – October 15, 2014
Pennsylvania is using a new kindergarten-entrance assessment this fall, and a review of the way it's handling the project points to key challenges states face as they use tests to gauge what students know as they enter the K-12 system. How kindergarten-readiness tests...
New Report Outlines Potential Savings for PA Taxpayers through Investment in Pre-K – PR Newswire – October 20, 2014
Pennsylvania stands to reap significant benefits in the form of reduced costs to taxpayers and the state budget as a result of expanded access to pre-kindergarten programs for the commonwealth's 3- and 4-year-olds. That's according to new research released by Pre-K...
School superintendents describe bleak funding – The Philadelphia Inquirer – October 18, 2014
Seven Montgomery County school superintendents testified Thursday before Pennsylvania's Basic Education Funding Commission in Collegeville, describing years of declining funds and increasing costs, program and staff cuts, and unpredictable allocations from the state....
Eagles encourage students to read – The Philadelphia Tribune – October 17, 2014
Two dozen Prince Hall Elementary School students took a pledge on Wednesday to prioritize reading over their favorite television shows and video games at the request of Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin. The pro athlete agreed to return to the school in...
READ! By 4th Campaign Teams Up with Eagles Youth Partnership to Tackle Childhood Literacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anthony Hopkins, anthonyh@childrenfirstpa.com 215-563-5848 x23 (w) or 484-433-7490 (c) Anthony Bonagura, abonagura@eagles.nfl.com 215-339-6736 Chanice Savage, cnsavage@philasd.org 215-400-5227 READ! By 4th Campaign Teams Up with Eagles...