Pottstown educators stepped into the state budget battle Thursday, calling on local legislators to adopt a budget that significantly increases funding for public education. In a press conference staged on the front steps of Rupert Elementary School, Superintendent...
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5 Things You Need to Know About Kids – July 24th, 2015
Latest Report Shows Status of Children in Southeastern Pennsylvania Here are 5 key takeaways from the 2015 Kids Count Data Book just released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Share this infographic on social media! Click here to download and save a copy. You can...
5 Things You Need to Know About Kids – July 24th, 2015
Lawmakers Earn Incomplete Grades for Work on Budget for Schools
Parents and School Officials Urge Lawmakers to Approve $410 Million in New State Funding for Education POTTSTOWN, PA (July 23rd, 2015) – Montgomery County parents and school officials gave Pennsylvania lawmakers “incomplete” grades for their work on a new state...
Pitting schools against fracking tax is a losing strategy – July 17, 2015
Budget Impasse Pits Little Kids Against Big Natural Gas What’s more important: restoring cuts to schools or protecting the natural gas industry? That’s the big debate in Harrisburg as the Governor and legislative leaders work to reach an agreement on a new state...
What Does The Latest Poll Say? – July 10, 2015
What Does The Latest Poll Say? Yesterday households across the state received an email from some Republican House lawmakers asking recipients to take a poll on various state tax and spending proposals. Among the questions one sticks out as particularly poor form. It...
‘School Play’ Highlights Lack of Education Funding in Pennsylvania – The Vantage Times – July 9, 2015
A play written about school funding has turned a political topic into a personal one. Playwright Arden Kass used interviews from 100 students, teachers and politicians from 30 different communities across Pennsylvania to create a play, titled “School Play,” to promote...
SDP announces $30 million to improve early literacy – Al Dia – July 9, 2015
The School District of Philadelphia, The Lenfest Foundation and the William Penn Foundation announced a collective $30 million effort to improve literacy education that eventually could impact the 48,000 children in kindergarten through third grade (K-3) at SDP. The...
Nutter names Commission on Universal Pre-K – The Philadelphia Inquirer – June 30, 2015
Mayor Nutter announced Tuesday the members of a new Commission on Universal Pre-Kindergarten, who will look at the cost, space and staffing needs associated with providing an education to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the city. The Commission, which met for the first time...
New Commission on Universal Pre-K launched – The Philadelphia Daily News – July 1, 2015
MAYOR NUTTER yesterday introduced the members of a new commission tasked with devising a plan to expand the city's high-quality preschool options and fund it. The city's Commission on Universal Pre-K - overwhelmingly approved by voters in May - consists of 17 members,...