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Local Education Organizations Respond to Council Action for Philadelphia Schools
Download Press Release PHILADELPHIA (May 15th, 2014) - A group of leading Philadelphia education organizations released the following joint statement responding to City Council President Darrell Clarke’s ordinance to extend the sales tax extension: We commend...
PCCY Annual Report Video 2013
This video shows some of the highlights of PCCY's accomplishments in 2012-2013. To vide the full PCCY 2013 Annual Report, click here.
Splitting Sales Tax Revenue with Pensions Makes Little Fiscal Sense
Download PDF Groups Send Letter to City Leaders That Shows Problems with Splitting the 1% Sales Tax Extension PHILADELPHIA (May 2nd, 2014) – Splitting sales tax revenue between Philadelphia schools and City pensions would do little to improve the city’s...
Pennsylvania Schools Get New Tool to Fight Child Hunger
Download Press Release Community Eligibility Provision Will Help Increase Participation in School Meals PHILADELPHIA (April 30th, 2014) – High-poverty schools in southeastern Pennsylvania are now eligible to provide healthy school meals to all of their students...
Six Leading Education Organizations Comments on Recent Action by the Philadelphia School District and the School Reform Commission
Download Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 26th, 2013)- Six leading education organizations: Congreso de Latinos Unidos, the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Education Fund, Public Citizens for Children and Youth, the Urban Affairs...
School Funding Coalition Calls for City Council to Ensure Swift and Certain Funding for Philadelphia School District
Download PDF PHILADELPHIA (March 13th, 2014) – An alliance of Philadelphia organizations dedicated to improving conditions in Philadelphia schools, today called on Philadelphia City Council to take immediate action to provide $195 million in local funding for...
Pre-K for PA Releases Data on Pre-K Access for Southeastern Pennsylvania: Too Few Children Can Enroll in High-Quality Pre-K Programs
Download Press Release PHILADELPHIA (March 13th, 2014)- There are nearly 70,000 three and four year-old children in southeastern Pennsylvania who can not enroll in high-quality pre-kindergarten, according to new fact county fact sheets released today by the Pre-K for...
PCCY issues Recommendations to Philadelphia School District Charter School Authorization Policy
Download PDF PHILADELPHIA (March 11th, 2014) – Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) issued a series of recommendations to improve the Philadelphia School District’s charter school authorizing policy called the “Authorizing Quality...
PCCY Responds to Mayor Michael Nutter’s Proposed FY15 Budget
Download PDF PHILADELPHIA (March 6th, 2014) –Public Citizens for Children and Youth Executive Director Donna Cooper released the following statement regarding Mayor Michael Nutter’s proposed budget. “We thank the Mayor and City Council for their hard...