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Beginning with the class of 2017, students in Pennsylvania will have to pass a state standardized test to earn a high school diploma. The Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved the Keystone graduation test requirement Thursday in a 3-2 vote...

Education advocates painted a stark picture for Philadelphia public schools, with grave consequences for hundreds of thousands of students during an Education Committee hearing held Wednesday in the city council’s chambers. There were renewed calls from the public to...

Chester County is a leader in the region’s public education sector, but a lack of state investment and a rising number of low-income students could threaten future performance, according to a new report by a Philadelphia-based advocacy group. The report, “The Bottom...

The Pennsylvania Senate is poised to pass Senate Bill 1085, a charter school bill that among its far reaching changes would give for-profit companies that operate colleges or universities the power to authorize new charter schools across the state. Senate Bill 1085...

Download Press Release Download Bottom Line PCCY and State Senator Andy Dinniman Jointly call for Improvements to Public Education PHILADELPHIA (Wednesday, November 20th, 2013) – Pennsylvania Senator Andy Dinniman, and education advocates joined Public Citizens...

Chester County is a leader in the region’s public education sector, but a lack of state investment and a rising number of low-income students could threaten future performance, according to a new report by Public Citizens for Children and Youth, or PCCY. The report,...

The news is mostly good for Bucks County public schools, according to a report released Tuesday by an education advocacy group. Twelve of 13 districts in Bucks boast above-average graduation rates, the report said. Standardized test scores are similarly high, and...

Download Bottom Line is Children Report Districts Struggle to Meet Needs of Rising Population of Low-Income Students PHILADELPHIA (November 19th, 2013) – PCCY released a new report today titled “The Bottom Line is Children: Public Education in Bucks County” that finds...

Delaware County school districts collectively are underfunded by $45.3 million according to a report released Monday by Public Citizens for Children and Youth. The child advocacy group released “The Bottom Line is Children,” a 10-page report examining the state of...

DELAWARE COUNTY With a lower median income and denser pockets of poverty than in neighboring communities, Delaware County is struggling to educate its students, according to a report from an education advocacy group. Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) on...