REAL CHOICE REQUIRES REAL INVESTMENT State lawmakers have a choice to make. Choice 1: dedicate tax dollars to building an effective public education system where every student who walks through the doors graduates with real world skills. Choice 2: divert...
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Toto, We’re Not in DC Anymore
TWO BEFORE TWO There’s no place like home, according to Dorothy. Thanks to lawmakers in our home state, PA kids don’t have to click their heels three times to summon attention on the problem of lead poisoning. Case in point, state Representative Shelby Labs (R-Bucks)...
Right from the PA Attorney General – May 30, 2025
PA'S TOP COP SUPPORTS DIVERTING KIDS FROM JAIL "When you collaborate and have great outcomes, people like to see that. When crime goes down, when families remain together, when people are employed, it’s this amazing situation that people want to be a part of."...
A Backstop to Federal Cuts – May 23, 2025
THEY’RE MESSING WITH PENNSYLVANIAN’S CHILDREN Four TRILLION dollars in tax cuts passed at the expense of children and families. By a single vote, the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a massive budget bill that literally takes food and medical...
Storm Clouds Over Education – May 16, 2025
THIS IS WHAT COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE Penn-Delco student Cameryn Knight-Branch didn’t mince words, standing in the rain as she sent her message to state lawmakers. "I am here in Harrisburg because PA students cannot wait any longer for you to step up and finish...
From Head Start to the Ivy Leagues – May 9, 2025
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH HEAD START The Philadelphia Inquirer published the following commentary written by Mai Miksic, Children First's Deputy Director of Policy. Join Mai and other Head Start supporters by joining us in Washington, D.C. next Friday....
Broken Bones, Broken System – May 2, 2025
IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE - AND IT NEVER SHOULD Every child should be safe from harm, but there is a special obligation to kids who are in the child welfare system because they were abused or neglected. It’s hard to forget the case, more than a decade ago, when a...
Don’t Stop Head Start – Apr 18, 2025
THROWING BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER Of all of the cost-cutting measures floated or implemented by the new administration, early learning for kids living in poverty wasn’t on the Bingo card for most of us. But the Heritage Foundation has long had its sights...
Your Taxes Should Pay Off for Kids – Apr 11, 2025
EVERY CHILD LEFT BEHIND Did you file your tax return yet for 2024? Eight out of ten of us will have done so by the time you read this email. But what are you getting for taxes Washington is collecting? When the tax year started on January 2024, parents of...
Stop the devastation of special education – Apr 4, 2025
LOCAL TEACHER'S POWERFUL PLEA TO SAVE THE DEPT OF ED Dismantling the Department of Education has real consequences for students with disabilities. But don’t just take our word for it. Listen to Nicole Wyglendowski, a K-2 special education teacher, who shared...