Public Schools are Pinching Pennies while Cyber Charters are Rolling in Cash While the General Assembly was busy passing a bill this week to protect charter school interests, the PA Charter Performance Center released a report showing that cyber charters have...
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Watch Out for Mama Bears! – Jun 3, 2022
A Parent's Love "I don’t like children, I love them." These are the words of Geanna Williams-Davis, a Philadelphia mother of two and grandmother of seven, who is fighting for a better life for them and all children. A parent’s love is powerful. On an...
No Better Investment than Kids – May 13, 2022
PA's Budget Surplus Can Be a Game-Changer for Kids For years we’ve been told that the money just isn’t there to meet the needs of schools, child care programs, or children’s health. Routinely, state lawmakers would metaphorically pull out their empty pockets...
When $10 is Priceless – Apr 15, 2021
Spring Cleaning Right Down to the Paint Spring has sprung in Pennsylvania (fingers crossed) and it’s time for a good spring cleaning. Pennsylvania will soon be busy clearing thousands of homes of dangerous lead paint. After a year of making the case to...
Empowering Youth Voices for Education – Apr 1, 2022
Tomorrow's Leaders Make their Case to Today's Lawmakers "Our text books are older than the students using them." The sad state of textbooks was raised by Upper Darby student Tanveer K. in a meeting with House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton this week at the...
Decades later, lead paint still poisons – Oct 29, 2021
Three-Pronged Approach to Prevent Lead Poisoning Harriet Okatch, assistant professor of public health at Franklin and Marshall College and our partner in the Lead-Free Promise Project coalition, was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday. In the...
Wouldn’t you stop a kid from being poisoned? – Aug 27, 2021
An ounce of prevention... "As a pediatrician and former medical director of the clinic caring for children with lead poisoning at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, I have seen the devastation of this preventable medical problem. Most of these children...
TESTIMONY: Massachusetts Lead Bills H2346 and S1430 – Jun 23, 2021
TESTIMONY: Massachusetts Lead Bills H2346 and S1430 – Jun 23, 2021
Testimony to the Massachusetts’ State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health for Bills H2346 and S1430 Submitted by Colleen McCauley, RN BSN MPH, Health Policy Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth Honorable members of the Joint Committee on Public...
Would you leave billions of dollars on the table? – April 9, 2021
The Promise of the Rescue Act is Up to Us Now The American Rescue Plan Act (Rescue Act) has all the potential to be a game changer for children. Congress has done its part in passing this historic legislation that can cut the national child poverty rate in...