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Guns, Booze..and Education? – Jun 28, 2024

  1001 Reasons Why Canned Cocktails are Getting More Attention than the Constitutional Crisis in Public Education! The annual June stroll to a stalemate in Harrisburg was in rare form this week when Senate leaders found a long list of excuses to do anything other...

Letter to the PA Senate on Cyber Charter Schools – June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024 Dear esteemed lawmakers, As you enter the final stage of budget negotiations, we write today about cyber charter sector reforms because so many members of the Senate asked us questions about the reforms included in House Bill 2370 that already have the...

Hot Off the Presses – Jun 21, 2024

  READ ALL ABOUT IT! Hot off the presses, Childwatch – the Children First newsletter – brings you up to date on our key research, legislative news, and child advocacy leaders. Read through the full edition or click on the table of contents to jump to...

Heating Up in PA – Jun 14, 2024

  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...

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...