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BevTax fight is over–KIDS WIN!!!–July 20, 2018
BevTax fight is over--KIDS WIN! This week, by a degree of magnitude that is all too rare these days, the lives of thousands of children got better and Philadelphia became a better place to raise kids. Our hands are untied. The gloves are off. Philadelphia’s...
Something stinks in Fishtown–July 13, 2018
Something stinks in Fishtown In May, Forbes magazine declared Fishtown “America’s Hottest New Neighborhood.” Its real estate market is on fire as well as its cultural capital, thanks to gentrifying hipsters and savvy businesses who live by the motto “location,...
PA Schools Work. Harrisburg? Not so much…–July 6, 2018
PA Schools Work. Harrisburg? Not so much... Constitutionally inadequate. That’s what the State Supreme Court thinks of how the legislature funds schools, concluding that current levels are well below what students need to meet basic reading and math standards....
Where there are smokes, there’s fire–June 29, 2018
Where there are smokes, there's fire It was all hands on deck to beat back the preemption forces threatening 2,000 high quality pre-k seats. A proposed bill to bar PA municipalities from raising funds locally to pay for programs like pre-K was...
Improving conditions for locked up kids–June 22, 2018
Improving conditions for locked up kids After an onslaught of shocking footage of immigrant children separated from their parents and detained in cages, Philadelphia is working to change the story for its own youth experiencing the horrors of being severed from...
Putting shame where it belongs–June 15, 2018
Putting shame where it belongs After ordering AG Jeff Sessions to tear children from their parents, President Trump claimed the Democrats are making him do it. On Friday morning, President Trump doubled-down on his claim, saying, “Democrats forced that...
I am part of the Pre-K majority–June 8, 2018
I am part of the Pre-K majority A recent poll confirms what we've been hearing across the commonwealth: Thanks to your hard work over the past few years, Pennsylvanians are in lockstep when it comes to support for pre-K! Support for pre-K has swelled to near...
In Southeast PA, 9 of 10 districts are hiking taxes–June 1, 2018
In Southeast PA, 9 of 10 districts are hiking taxes The math is simple. Yet so very hard. We’re talking about the simple math (figuratively speaking) behind school district budgets. School districts need funding to deliver schools ready for...
Southeast PA rises to protect pre-K–May 25, 2018
Southeast PA rises to protect pre-K Accusations of a state overreach flew swift and true over the past few weeks. At stake, 2,000 quality pre-K seats and nothing short of the right of every municipality in Pennsylvania to make local decisions without...