Enough Drama for a Telenovela As far as sagas go, there hasn’t been this much “Will they, or won’t they?” since the storied, weekly plotline Rachel and Ross of Friends. If you didn’t catch the wildly popular sitcom, just imagine waiting nine years for the...
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Guilty…Freed…Honored – Nov 24, 2021
We Are Giving Thanks This holiday season, we are reminded that it’s not just bad things that come in threes. Justice, change, and hope are a welcome trio this holiday week. GUILTY Just today, the three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery were all found guilty. This...
Wow! Build Back Better! – Nov 19, 2021
Historic and Life Changing More than four million Pennsylvania children in our state alone will live better lives with Build Back Better. This historic legislation that passed the U.S. House this morning will help kids throughout the Commonwealth - children in...
Four Steps from the Classroom to the Courtroom – Nov 17, 2021
It’s Day Four of the Fair Funding Trial and the testimony so far has been powerful and revealing. This is history in the making and you don’t want to miss a minute of it. Here are four ways to stay connected: 1. Tune in to the amazing new student podcast...
Here Comes the Judge – Nov 12, 2021
We Witnessed History in the Making In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens artfully portrays the stark disparity between the haves and the have-nots. Today’s opening remarks in the Fair Funding Lawsuit could have been written by Dickens himself. The State...
Focus Your Outrage – Nov 5, 2021
Masking Over Exploding Cyber Charter Costs School board elections are finalized, and first-time school board members will be sworn in over the next several weeks. Many candidates ran on platforms that sadly divide our communities (masking, racial equity,...
Decades later, lead paint still poisons – Oct 29, 2021
Three-Pronged Approach to Prevent Lead Poisoning Harriet Okatch, assistant professor of public health at Franklin and Marshall College and our partner in the Lead-Free Promise Project coalition, was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday. In the...
Speech: PA Schools Work and Ed Funding – Oct 27, 2021
Speech Presented at PASW Press Conference in Harrisburg October 27, 2021 Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Policy Director Children First Good morning. My name is Tomea Sippio-Smith. I am the K-12 Education Policy Director at Children First, formerly known as Public Citizens...
Don’t Skip School – School Board Elections that Is! – Oct 22, 2021
Vote Like Kids' Lives Depend on It 'Cause They Do Steve Bannon might be missing from the witness stand in Congress, but he is omnipresent at the ballot box, especially in this November’s school board elections. This is no surprise because last May he explained...
Comments to Dept of Ed on Charter School Regulations – Oct 19, 2021
Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Department of Education 22 PA CODE CH 713 Charter Schools and Cyber Charter Schools - #6-349 DOWNLOAD PDF Children First (formerly PCCY) works to improve the lives of our region’s children by developing initiatives and advocating for...