THE POLITICAL FORECAST: SUNNY & STORMY Summer weather is shaking up Pennsylvania with heat waves and thunderstorms rolling across the state. It’s time to check the political temperature to see if it’s sunny or stormy for children and teens in the...
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Mothers Know Best – May 31, 2024
PARENTS MAKE THE CASE FOR PHILLY PRE-K Parents are leading the advocacy efforts to get 250 additional pre-k slots for Philly kids in the city budget. Christina Coleman is one of those parents, and we couldn't make a better case than her testimony to City...
No Break for Mental Health Support – May 24, 2024
No Break for Mental Health Support – May 24, 2024
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS DON'T TAKE VACATIONS I’m overwhelmed…I’m worried…I’m afraid…I’m alone. These heartbreaking words are uttered far too often by teenagers and younger children these days and we heard them a lot at a Children First mental health community...
Is It Equal? – May 17, 2024
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, a decision that advanced equality and justice in America’s education system. The fight for justice in education continues today here in...
Your Mother’s Day Gift – May 10, 2024
Flowers are Nice, but Mothers Need More Mother’s Day reminds us, in large part, of the dedication and caring of the phenomenal women who wiped our tears, packed our lunches, sent us off to school, cheered our accomplishments and inspired us to be the best of...
Hospitals and kids are in the same boat – May 3, 2024
Hospitals and kids are in the same boat – May 3, 2024
Unburden PA's Health Care Systems by Insuring Every Child There are more uninsured children in the Commonwealth than the total populations of Harrisburg and Scranton combined. Nearly 145,000 PA children and teens are not covered by any sort of health insurance....
Prepare to be inspired – Apr 26, 2024
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN WITH K-12 FUNDING At our press conference today on K-12 education funding, Pottstown Superintendent Stephen Rodriguez (far right in photo) presented exciting improvements in his district because of increased state funding. It inspired us so...
Leveling the Education Landscape – Apr 19, 2024
MAKING AN EDUCATED (EDUCATION) CHOICE We all want what’s best for children and teens. It’s the heart of the school choice debate that’s happening in Pennsylvania. There are one million PA kids in under-resourced public schools, well over half of all the...