Download PDF Panel Will Discuss Impact, Outcomes and Policy Recommendations (Philadelphia, PA) October 17, 2012 – Concentrated poverty, a reemerging phenomenon since the 1990s, and its implications for education in Pennsylvania is the subject of PCCY’s latest...
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PCCY Education Roundtable Opens New Season with Dr. William Hite
Download PDF New Philadelphia School Superintendent’s First Extended Television Interview (Philadelphia, PA) October 11, 2012 – PCCY’s Education Roundtable, the monthly discussion program featuring local education journalists, opens its...
Make Kids Matter Campaign Launches in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Download PDF Regional Effort Urges Public to Demand Candidates Address Children’s Issues (Philadelphia, PA) October 09, 2012 – With Election Day nearing and the nation concentrating mainly on the presidential election, Public Citizens for...
Back To School, More Cuts Coming – Philadelphia Daily News – September 12, 2012
While elected officials spent recent weeks shuttling off to political conventions, parents have had something else on their minds: preparing children to go back to school. In addition to helping them adjust to new teachers and routines, parents know schools have been...
Newly-formed Friends of Mifflin group sets sights on arts funding and tutoring partnerships – WHYY Newsworks – September 5, 2012
It's been a busy summer for the Friends of Mifflin School Committee of the East Falls Community Council. Unanimously approved by civic membership in mid-June, the volunteer-based group has partnered with the public elementary school with hopes of bolstering its...
Letter To The Editor: Schools Bad For Business? – Philadelphia Daily News – June 25, 2012
AFTER MANY years we have listened to why many in leadership in the local business community say they cannot support business taxes or any other kind — because it's bad for business. Yet, they acknowledge that they need an educated workforce, and deep inside know that...
District Likely To Get No More Than $40 Million From Council – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 15, 2012
City Council is poised to approve a compromise that could raise as much as $40 million for the School District, far short of the $94 million it was seeking. Council is putting off revising the property tax assessment system through the Actual Value Initiative, instead...
Shelly Yanoff Leaving A Legacy Of Advocacy For Children – The Philadelphia Inquirer – May 30, 2012
In 1986, Shelly Yanoff accepted a job as executive director of what was then called Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth. She thought she would stay a few months at the organization so tiny the only employees were Yanoff and a secretary. Plans changed. Yanoff...
Children’s Advocate Should Be Proud – The Philadelphia Inquirer – May 30, 2012
For 25 years and more, the Philadelphia area has had a relentless advocate in Shelley Yanoff for improving the lives of children. As the longtime executive director of the nonprofit agency Public Citizens for Children and Youth, Yanoff’s contribution, as she prepares...
New Schools Plan: Can’t We Do Better? – Philadelphia Daily News – May 17, 2012
Can public schools be saved in the United States, in Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia? Can they be saved for kids in low- and middle-income communities? Can they do what they are supposed to do? Once again, we ask ourselves the questions. We know some answers: the...