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...
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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...
The Bottom Line Is Children: Early Care and Education in Montgomery County
Download Press Release Download Report Too Few Children Have Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education Programs PHILADELPHIA (February, 12th, 2013) – PCCY’s latest report “The Bottom Line is children: Early Care and Education in Montgomery...
The Bottom Line Is Children: Early Care and Education in Delaware County
Download Report Too Few Children Have Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education Programs PHILADELPHIA (February, 12th, 2013) – PCCY’s latest report “The Bottom Line is children: Early Care and Education in Delaware County” finds that because of a lack of state...
The Bottom Line Is Children: Early Care and Education in Chester County
Download Press Release Download Report Too Few Children Have Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education Programs PHILADELPHIA (February, 12th, 2013) – PCCY’s latest report “The Bottom Line is Children: Early Care and Education in Chester...
The Bottom Line Is Children: Early Care and Education in Bucks County
Download Press Release Download Report Too Few Children Have Access to High Quality Early Childhood Education Programs DOYLESTOWN, PA (February 10th, 2014) – PCCY’s latest report “The Bottom Line is Children: Early Care and Education in Bucks...