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Learning is fun-damental – Apr 28, 2023

  Schooling Legislators on Education Funding In about eight weeks, Pennsylvania will be running on a new state budget. So NOW – before any deals are done – is the prime time for citizens to advocate to their legislators.  More than 100 PA Schools Work advocates,...

Keep Your Promises – Apr 21, 2023

  Charter Schools Aren't Able to Deliver on their Promises "Parents like me believed charter schools were going to give better options, better opportunities that they couldn't get in [district-run] schools,” said Melissa Suarez, a Philadelphia mother of three...

Death and Taxes – Apr 14, 2023

  If We Can't Dodge Taxes, We Shouldn't Have to Dodge Bullets This weekend most Americans will be feverishly trying to meet the Monday deadline for filing their taxes. As we shell out our hard-earned money to pay for the government, an increasing share of...

CHIP Transition

Starting April 17, 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) will be deciding who qualifies for CHIP. This will include both new applications and renewals. This means that the current 130,000 CHIP families and all new enrollees will need to go through...

We All Deserve a Second Chance – Mar 31, 2023

  Giving Troubled Youth a New Lease on Life We’ve got news! Red states are some of the biggest leaders in addressing the juvenile justice blues. The data is clear that locking children up is the surest pathway to them entering the criminal justice system for a...

We Can Agree on CTE – Mar 24, 2023

  Getting Along and Getting Ahead in Education Education is the hotbed of politics and the culture wars. Just this week, a Florida principal was fired for showing sixth graders a photo of Michelangelo’s masterpiece, David. Southeastern PA has its own...