Take a tour of Children’s Village, a highly regarded child-care center in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood, and some of the elements that make it a high-quality program are immediately evident. In Room 303, a group of 3- and 4-year-olds is absorbed in a variety...
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You Can’t Fix a Broken Record…Or Can You? – October 16, 2015
You Can’t Fix a Broken Record…Or Can You? In an analysis of the 2013-14 SPR data, the Daily News’s "Rating Schools on more than Test Scores" found that: Seventy-five percent of the 291 schools are low-performing — with only 18 of 71 high schools, or about 25 percent,...
Statement on Philadelphia Superintendent’s Recommended Changes to Schools
CONTACT: Kate Philips, katephilips2010@gmail.com, 215-850-4647 (c) PHILADELPHIA (October 15, 2015) – PCCY Executive Director Donna Cooper issued the following statement today regarding recommended changes to schools by Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite....
Schuylkill Haven School District Hosting Free Performance of School Play TONIGHT
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – Pennsylvania's school funding crisis will take center stage in School Play tonight, Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at Schuylkill Haven High School. The timing of School Play could not be more relevant as the three-month-old budget standoff continues in...
Play about Pennsylvania school funding issues comes to Lancaster County – Lancaster Online – October 15, 2015
The drama of Pennsylvania’s school funding crisis is coming to Lancaster. Literally. “School Play,” a theater production created by three Philadelphia artists, will be performed here next week as part of a 12-stop tour across the state. The play, which is billed as a...
St. Marys Area High School Hosting Free Performance of School Play TONIGHT
The timing of School Play could not be more relevant as the three-month-old budget standoff continues in Harrisburg, with new funding for education at the top of the agenda. The documentary-based live theatre production from playwrights Arden Kass and Seth Bauer,...
Education Funding Takes Center Stage In Touring Play – Erie News Now – October 14, 2015
LAWRENCE PARK---The idea started when the son of play-writer Arden Kass came home from school one day. "He came home and told me he'd be learning Spanish from Rosetta Stone and I literally thought he was kidding," Kass said. It turns out, Kass' son did not have money...
Letter: Where were officials from city schools? – Reading Eagle – October 12, 2015
Editor: I saw Public Citizens for Children + Youth's presentation of "School Play" at the Reading High School ("Issues of funding for schools put on the stage," Reading Eagle, Oct. 6). It was an inspiring performance that openly and honestly brought to light the...
Play calls out public school funding crisis – CentralPA.com – Ocotber 9, 2015
Public schools are just one of the many areas in Pennsylvania suffering from the budget impasse. In an effort to generate attention to the lack of funding, a Philadelphia-based group called Public Citizens for Children and Youth are "acting out" the funding crisis in...
Judge OKs charter payment cuts for Chester Upland – The Philadelphia Inquirer – October 9, 2015
After months of hearings over the escalating fees that the Chester Upland School District pays to its three main charter schools, a judge Friday agreed the payments should be cut by $20 million, or nearly a third. But to cover the cuts, he also ordered the state to...