The Road to Student Success It’s déjà vu all over again – Philadelphia students will once again have to make do with less. Instead of reckless state cuts (see below), this time it’s because the federal government didn’t renew valuable funding that made a...
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Why Wait for Help?!
An Ounce of Intervention is a Lifetime of Cure Wouldn’t it be great if bureaucracy didn't get in the way of the most vulnerable young children getting help with developmental delays? Even when parents are able to identify signs that their children aren't...
Is PHL Mayor Meeting the Moment?
Checking the Boxes for Philly Kids While we always want more, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker continues to invest in Philadelphia children and teens. As a candidate in 2023, she pledged to support the comprehensive Kids’ Campaign agenda, and her new fiscal...
Strength in the Hispanic Community
Hispanic Leaders are Driving Long-Term Change for Hispanic Kids The Hispanic community in Philadelphia (and nationwide) deserves more attention than the alarming headlines about the Trump Administration’s targeted deportation and harassment tactics. Hispanic...
Not all politics is conflict
IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS Not all politics is conflict. For the first time in a REALLY LONG TIME, juvenile justice reform is progressing in Pennsylvania. Bipartisan Movement in Harrisburg State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle put aside partisan differences...
Guarantees in Life
Parents and Students Deserve Guarantees in the SDP Facilities Plan A Statement by Children First In Philadelphia, providing a world class public education to every student is a daunting challenge due to decades of underfunding that starved our schools of...
ICE & Education Funding, What’s the Connection?
WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING From our nation’s capital to small-town PA, taxpayers are footing a hefty bill for the chaos that ICE is creating. Starting tomorrow, the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security will either shut down or work...
Opening Play of the PA State Budget
MAKE THE NUMBERS LINE UP FOR KIDS In many ways, putting together a $53.2 billion state budget is like winning at Rubik’s cube – each twist toward matching patterns must be carefully planned or else you could get trapped in a losing game. Governor Shapiro...
Can you live with this?
When enforcing the law means locking up children, the law must be questioned. Liam Ramos' elementary school principal started to cry when asked about how Liam’s arrest impacted other children. "His friends notice that he's not here," Principal Jason Kuhlman...
Can it be right for the gov’t to break up families?
Government-Sanctioned Family Separation Goes Beyond Immigration Enforcement In these chaotic times when we are awash in videos documenting children used as bait in the ICE dragnet or swollen child detention centers filled with orphaned immigrant children, it’s...