Can Philly make the grade? Some might say, “Be careful what you wish for…” Says the City of Philadelphia: “We got this.” For years, Philadelphians have demanded the restoration of their right to govern their own school district. With the coming...
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PCCY Announces Turing Tech Grants Recipients–Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seeking to Boost STEM Learning in PHL Schools, PCCY Announces Turing Tech Grants Recipients Child advocates aim to bring hi-tech learning into classrooms and inspire tomorrow’s tech heroes Philadelphia (May 1, 2018) – Today, the region’s leading...
Executive spite? An important battle to fight–April 20, 2018
Executive spite? An important battle to fight–April 20, 2018
Executive spite? An important battle to fight! Her mother now owns and operates a catering business, but when Sarah was much younger, she remembers being afraid of the lights going out because mom was struggling with the bills. Her mother was working...
Soda Tax Brief: Our Kids Are Still Worth It! (2018)
The soda tax case has finally made its way to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Last Friday, PCCY, Ceiba, Inc., the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) and the Public Health Management Corporation (“PHMC”) filed an amicus brief...
A hellish year without health insurance–April 13, 2018
A hellish year without health insurance–April 13, 2018
A hellish year without health insurance The stress was at times unbearable for Delaware County mother Sanjae Houston. She works part-time while her husband is self-employed in sales but for a little over a year they couldn’t afford health insurance. Sanjae sighs...
“Public Charge” inflicts private pain on kids – April 6, 2018
"Public Charge" inflicts private pain on kids In case anyone still believes there is a gray area around the motives behind the Trump administration’s anti-immigration stance, things just got black and white. The Department of Homeland Security has informed the...
Dispute. Dysfunction. Dereliction. And yet… – March 30, 2018
Dispute. Dysfunction. Dereliction. And yet... Facing yet another threat of a government shutdown, with the nation’s capital firmly in the grip of perpetual crisis, few expected last Wednesday’s omnibus spending bill that contained a groundbreaking increase in federal...