The Fate of Democracy Is In Our Hands The stories and images coming out of Ukraine are horrifying. Our hearts are breaking for the Ukrainian people as they face death and destruction at the hands of Russian invaders in an unfounded military attack that...
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Corporate America Joins the Child Care Cause – Feb 18, 2022
Child Care Builds Bridges for Families and Politicians They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and the same can be said for child care. Parents, government, business, social conservatives, and liberal advocates all agree that child care is a priority for...
Making the Case for Us – Feb 11, 2022
With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends? Pennsylvania is having its own Brown v Board of Education moment. It’s no surprise to us that the crack team of lawyers led by the Public Interest Law Center and Education Law Center have mounted a persuasive case...
Sunny with some Clouds: The PA Budget Forecast – Feb 9, 2022
Sunny with some Clouds: The PA Budget Forecast – Feb 9, 2022
The Pennsylvania Forecast: Mostly Sunny with a Few Clouds Budget day is the most optimistic day in the Pennsylvania legislative cycle. In this once in a generation moment, when massive surpluses will be available to Pennsylvania families, imagine if the...
Gov Wolf’s Budget Proposal: The Forecast for Kids is Bright – Feb 8, 2022
“Budget day is the most optimistic day in the Pennsylvania legislative cycle. In this once in a generation moment, when massive surpluses will be available to Pennsylvania families, imagine if the legislature decided it was time to raise expectations and go farther.”...
McDonald’s Career Track – Feb 4, 2022
A Quality Education...with a Side of Fries We couldn't say it better than Jack Earle, a former franchisee of McDonald’s restaurants in the Greater Philadelphia Area and Southern New Jersey, who has real insight into the so-called McDonald's career track. Here...
Speech: Fully Fund Public Education – Feb 3, 2022
Speech Presented at Senator Hughes’ Press Conference on Funding Plan at Plymouth Meeting High School February 3, 2022 Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Policy Director Children First PA (Formerly PCCY) Thank you, Senator Hughes for the opportunity to speak this morning and for...
Alarming Trends Show More Children At Risk – Feb 2, 2022
Alarming Trends Show More Children At Risk Child Abuse is Taking More Lives of Children in Philadelphia February 2, 2022 The stated purpose of Pennsylvania’s Child Welfare system is to “protect children from abuse, neglect, and enable children to remain safely in...
A Stormy School Choice Week – Jan 28, 2022
We Can Do Better if We Really Want Education Choice It’s been a stormy week, to say the least. Not only are we all bracing for the nor'easter, this week’s news was flooded with a torrent of new research exposing failure, waste, and potential fraud in...