Joint Statement in Support of Re-Opening Grades K-2 in The School District of Philadelphia February 9, 2021, with February 11, 2021 updates Philadelphia’s young children need to return to their classrooms for in-person instruction. That sentiment is widely...
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Tax Payers & Voters Support Education – Feb 5, 2021
It is no surprise that the Republican reaction to Governor Wolf’s budget proposal was the overused budget burial phrase “Dead on Arrival.” The Governor’s sweeping package to invest in the state’s future, with $1.5 billion more for public schools and...
School funding shouldn’t harm our kids – it’s only logical, Jan 29, 2021
It defies logic. Over a quarter century ago, lawmakers passed a funding policy known as “hold harmless” which mandates that school districts cannot receive less funding than they did the year prior. Regardless of the number of students lost in the...
Speak up to fix the broken way that Pennsylvania funds public schools
Pennsylvania is the only state that maintains a “hold harmless” approach to funding schools. This system protects school districts that are losing students at the expense of districts that are stable or growing, like all of the districts in our region of Southeastern...
ECE Provider Action Alert
As an early childhood educator, you're fighting every day to overcome what seems like never-ending challenges to remain open to safely educate children during COVID. Your advocacy helped to get the U.S. Congress to include $10 billion for child care in the latest...
“Previously unavailable information” re: Virtual Prep cyber charter school – Jan 27, 2021
Last November, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) rejected Virtual Preparatory Academy of Pennsylvania’s resubmitted application to create a new cyber charter school. This was not a close call. “While a single deficiency would be grounds to deny the...
Hold Harmless Ed Funding Report
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, PCCY 347-607-1058 mobile amyk@childrenfirstpa.com NEW PCCY REPORT SHOWS “HOLD HARMLESS” EDUCATION FUNDING FORUMLA DRAMATICALLY HARMS CHILDREN PHILADELPHIA (January 27, 2021) – Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) today...
love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright – Jan 22, 2021
If we merge mercy with might and might with right then love becomes our legacy and change our children's birthright We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next...
“Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children.” – Jan 15, 2021
“Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children." - Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The steps of the beloved Lincoln Memorial, where Dr. King spoke those words in 1963, were filled with thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters...
New Pennsylvania Charter Performance Center Leads the Way to Improve Charter Education Policy
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, PCCY 347-607-1058 mobile amyk@childrenfirstpa.com New Pennsylvania Charter Performance Center Leads the Way to Improve Charter Education Policy PHILADELPHIA (January 13, 2021) – In Pennsylvania, charter school enrollment has almost...