Collapsing child care system is its own crisis We may not know how long shelter in place orders will remain in effect, but we do know that if they last longer than a month, the economy of Pennsylvania isn’t likely to rebound any time...
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#TEACHOURKIDS–Help us avoid a crisis for 200k students during the COVID shutdown
[Post your photos using the hashtag #TEACHOURKIDS and help avoid an educational crisis for students as they shelter-in-place.] Our Children Must Continue to Learn We know that a crisis can bring out the best of us and the worst of us. We laud the compassionate and...
For PA schools, inequity is a preexisting condition–March 20, 2020
Inequity is a preexisting condition in PA Despite what you may have heard, COVID-19 is striking children. They may be spared the fatal symptoms of the virus, but they are certainly not protected from the consequences of the frayed national, state and local...
For PA schools, inequity is a preexisting condition–March 20, 2020
Putting the needs of children first during crisis–March 13, 2020
The needs of kids should come first Whether your child has watched “Outbreak” or “Zombie Apocalypse” on TV or not, they know the theme. In school yards they re-enact the scenes and are saved from certain death when recess is over. To some...
Putting the needs of children first during crisis–March 13, 2020
If children matter, they must be counted–March 6, 2020
If children matter, they must be counted The first few years of your child’s life, while joyful, can be stressful, anxious ones. Endless worrying and wondering combine with an altogether new level of decision-making because you fret about the repercussions of...
If children matter, they must be counted–March 6, 2020
The scary health threat that’s already here–February 28, 2020
The scary health threat that’s already here–February 28, 2020
This threat is a clear and present danger “I didn’t know anything about lead until that call telling me my son’s brain could be damaged. I was shaking and crying. I didn’t sleep for 30 days.” It’s a nightmare for any parent. When the doctor called last year...