Where is the Light at the End of the Tunnel? Shocking news this week that we’re not taking care of the ones who care for our children, according to the Yale Child Study Center. The child care crisis is even worse than we imagined. On top of being appallingly...
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Health crisis wrapped in a child care crisis – Oct 14, 2022
Are Your Candidates on the Record? – Oct 7, 2022
Getting Candidates on the Record Remember when Clint Eastwood berated an empty chair in the 2012 GOP National Convention? Well, we’re starting to understand his frustration because we’ve had 21 empty chairs at the Child Care Voters Candidate Conversations...
The Big Thing = BIG CHANGE FOR KIDS – Sep 30, 2022
The Big Thing: A Summit to Change Young Lives Imagine being a kid today. They’re facing challenges that even some grown-ups can’t handle: violence, addiction, cyber bullying, school closures, fall-out from the pandemic, college debt, political division, racial...
Have We Recovered from the Pandemic? – Sep 23, 2022
DELCO & MONTCO Kids Not Out of the COVID Woods Yet "I wasn’t dealing with certain [mental health] things correctly," said Tanveer Kaur, a Senior at Upper Darby High School. "I needed to talk to it out with someone who wasn’t family and was a trusted adult...
Have We Recovered from the Pandemic? – Sep 23, 2022
Progress to End Lead Poisoning (SB 552) – Sep 21, 2022
The Childhood Blood Lead Test Act received unanimous approval from the PA House Children & Youth Committee today! This critical legislation that will get lead-poisoned children early help is now one step closer to becoming law of the land, thanks to our...
The Case for An Ambitious Rebound: 2022 Regional Reports on COVID’s Impact on Children
As we emerge from the turmoil and pain of the pandemic, parents in every corner of our region continue to deal with the alarming effects of COVID on children. The community institutions that partner with parents to support their children’s healthy development are also...
Where Have All the Teachers Gone? – Sep 9, 2022
The Teacher Shortage is Not Temporary Schools are back in session. Eager students clamor as they file into classrooms, some for the first time in two years. Yet far too many students won't be greeted with smiles and words of encouragement from their teachers...
Shout Out to Those Working for Kids! – Sep 2, 2022
The Education Law Center's updated "Back-to-School" guide is an incredible tool to advocate and serve PA's public school students and families. Check it out here. Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of...