Philadelphia's push to make quality preschool available citywide has taken another step with the inaugural meeting of the Mayor's Commission on Universal Pre-Kindergarten. The 17-member commission, established by a voter referendum last May, now faces a long list of...
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Educating Kids is Good Business but Budget Talks are Making Little Progress – June 26, 2015
Budget Drama Shows Some Progress, But Not Enough for Children Hundreds of students, parents, teachers and education advocates held a rally in the Capitol on Tuesday to call for fair funding for Pennsylvania Schools. Only four days remain until the end of the fiscal...
DN Editorial: A HEALTHY START – The Philadelphia Daily News – June 26, 2015
POPE FRANCIS hasn't even arrived, but already yesterday brought two miracles. Both are court rulings, and both will ensure millions of Pennsylvanians will be able to lead healthier lives. First, the state Commonwealth Court struck down Act 192 that would have allowed...
Report: Barriers to health care for undocumented youth – The Philadelphia Tribue – June 23, 2015
A new report released by Philadelphia’s Public Citizens for Children and Youth highlights barriers to health care for 24,000 undocumented children in Pennsylvania. Current state law bans undocumented children from enrolling in the state’s Children’s Health Insurance...
City Council passes school tax bills; conditions for $25 million still not clear – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 18, 2015
City Council passed bills Thursday that increase various tax rates to raise $70 million for the School District, but won't decide until September on conditions for releasing $25 million of those funds. Council President Darrell Clarke said that Council intends to get...
New Funding Formula Poses Two Big Questions for Legislature – June 20, 2015
Proposed School Funding Formula Poses Two Big Questions The Basic Education Funding Commission released a proposed school funding formula that strongly aligns with research that finds that educating low-income children and those who don’t speak English requires...
Students and Principals Share Their School Funding Worries with City Council
Children and Adults Need Tools for Their Schools Students and principals alike are worried about conditions in their schools. Today, students from Powel elementary school and The Workshop School joined 20 public school principals to call on City Council to provide...
New PCCY Report Uncovers Significant Barriers to Health Care for 24,000 Undocumented Children in Pennsylvania
Majority of Undocumented Parents Avoid Treatment Due to a Lack of Health Insurance PHILADELPHIA (June 16th, 2015) – An overwhelming 85% of parents of undocumented children said they had to delay or forgo care for their child due to a lack of health insurance,...
Bipartisan panel calls for new formula to divvy up Pa. education aid – WHYY Newsworks – June 18, 2015
A bipartisan Pennsylvania commission unanimously recommended a new school funding formula Thursday that would account for several student-weighted factors including poverty. The proposed formula — which would affect only new spending — calls for Pennsylvania to...
City Council passes school tax bills; conditions for $25 million still not clear – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 18, 2015
City Council passed bills Thursday that increase various tax rates to raise $70 million for the School District, but won't decide until September on conditions for releasing $25 million of those funds. Council President Darrell Clarke said that Council intends to get...