With so much talk about falling educational standards in our country, does it make sense for the only state in the union that has actually posted gains in students' reading and math achievement at every grade level to cut its funding for education? That's what could...
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Lenfest Foundation and PECO Give To Arts Rising – Philadelphia Business Journal – June 16, 2010
The Philadelphia Education Fund said Monday it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Lenfest Foundation and a $40,000 grant from Peco Energy Co. to support ArtsRising, a collaborative program to make arts education available to children throughout the region. The...
Study’s Findings Point To A Lack Of Opportunities For Philadelphia Youth – WHYY – June 15, 2010
Military officials who are worried about finding future soldiers are lobbying for more early childhood education funding. Their plea for Pre-K programs came in response to a new study that found that up to 90 percent of Philadelphia youth lack the qualifications for...
Pennsylvania Adopts New Public Health Insurance Process for CHIP/MA Applications
Citizenship, Identity Verification Now Computerized, Easier Download PDF (Philadelphia, PA) June 10, 2010 – As of this week, Pennsylvania parents will find the process of applying for public health insurance coverage for their children a lot easier. New...
PCCY Launches School-Based Health Insurance Initiative
Push Begins to Make Sure That EVERY Philadelphia Child Has Health Insurance Coverage Download PDF (Philadelphia, PA) June 07, 2010 – With some students in Philadelphia high schools going without health insurance, Public Citizens for Children and Youth,...
Feltonville Students Celebrate Diversity With Giant-Puppet Parade – Philly.com – June 3, 2010
The third, fourth and fifth grade students at Feltonville Intermediate School paraded through their North Philly neighborhood this afternoon, carrying colorful signs that boasted "I Come From..." and handmade, life-sized puppets to celebrate their school’s cultural...
Feltonville Intermediate Students Take to the Streets With Colorful, Giant Puppet Parade
The Lifting Our Cultures & Families’ Parade Celebrates Ethnic Diversity Download PDF (Philadelphia, PA) May 27, 2010 – The third, fourth and fifth grades of Feltonville Intermediate School will be joined by their teachers, families and...
Protecting Soda, Not Poor Black Kids – Philadelphia Inquirer – May 20, 2010
BEHIND the soda-tax debate is a much bigger (and more shameful) issue - our city's embrace of pushing non-nutritious, sugar-drenched soda products disproportionately on poor black children. One of the arguments put forth by the soda industry against additional taxes...
Can Coffee Turn Commuters Against Budget Cuts? – WHYY – May 13, 2010
Philadelphia-area social service groups have started a grass roots campaign to lobby for cautious spending cuts in Harrisburg. Members of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Budget Coalition rallied outside suburban station, urging people to "wake up and smell the budget...
PCCY 2010 Super Party Fundraising Event
PCCY Honors Estelle B. Richman for Serving Children Community Leaders to be Recognized at Annual Super Party Event Download PDF (Philadelphia, PA) May 4, 2010 – HUD Chief Operating Officer, Estelle B. Richman, Sarah Martinez-Helfman, Executive Director,...