August 29th, 2014 First Day of School Provides an Opportunity for the Governor to Show Leadership On September 8th, Philadelphia public school students will return from their summer break for the first day of school. This school year comes with a lot of uncertainty...
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PCCY eNews: We Believe in Dragons!; Fair State Funding: The Only Solution to Pennsylvania’s School Funding Crisis; New School Year Just Around the Corner, but Not All Children Will Start Kindergarten Ready to Learn – August 22, 2014
August 22nd, 2014 We Believe in Dragons! Congratulations to Philadelphia’s own Taney Dragons for their incredible run in the Little League World Series! They may not have captured the championship, but this team of 12-and 13-year-old boys and one very special girl...
Local Public Schools To Open On Time – South Philly Review – August 21, 2014
In an announcement by Superintendent William Hite on Friday morning, the Philadelphia School District (PSD) laid out a plan to open schools Sept. 8 that will include serious temporary cuts to bridge the District’s $81 million budget deficit. Flanked by members of the...
Bucks County Commissioners Read To Kids, Advocate Early Childhood Ed – Bucks County Courier Times – August 20, 2014
“My mom has a garden and grows tomatoes,” one student said. “I have tomatoes,” another said. “I don’t,” said another. Bucks County Commissioner Robert Loughery had made the mistake of distracting the 5-year-olds with tomato talk. But he steered them back to why he was...
Event explores benefits of early education programs – Delaware County Daily Times – August 19, 2014
Richard Dunlap sat before 22 children Tuesday at Sonshine Christian Academy, reinforcing the Pre-K students’ mastery of the alphabet by using the alliterative character names from a storybook. Dunlap, the superintendent of the Upper Darby School District, spent about...
Talking Summer Learning Loss With Phillycam – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – August 19, 2014
In late July, Notebook editor Dale Mezzacappa and I appeared on PhillyCAM’s Around the Corner, a public access talk show that highlights nonprofit organizations in Philadelphia. The show's host, Albert Lee, spoke with us about “Summer Lost: Stopping the Slide,” the...
Philadelphia’s Moral Arc Is Bent Toward Justice – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – August 19, 2014
We Philadelphians have a special kind of love for this old city. It is a love rooted in family, food, neighborhoods, and, yes, our schools. As a “lifer” in the Philadelphia School District, from 1999 to 2012, I have a vested interest in its future. Over the last two...
Manderino to Head New School Funding Campaign
HARRISBURG (Aug. 18) – A former state lawmaker with a reputation for consensus-building will manage a newly formed, non-partisan campaign to address one of Pennsylvania’s most important and challenging issues: the funding of its public schools. Kathy Manderino has...
Philadelphia Joins National Campaign Getting Kids To Read Before It’s Too Late – CBSPhilly – August 17, 2014
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Brain researchers have found that learning to read gets much harder after the age of nine. That’s sparked a national campaign to get kids reading on grade level by that age. Last week, Philadelphia city and school officials, non-profits and...