Aug 20, 2015
This template allows applicants to create a budget for their arts education project to submit with their application.
Aug 4, 2015
In May, former city councilman Jim Kenney won the Democratic primary to become the party’s nominee for mayor in the November general election. In a town where registered Democratic voters outnumber registered Republicans 7-to-1, Kenney is all but guaranteed to become...
May 12, 2015
Be a champion for children! Join PCCY in Philadelphia and Harrisburg throughout the months of May and June to advocate on behalf of our region’s children. Click on the events below to sign up. K-12 Education Action Days Thursday, May 21, 2015: Action Day in...
Dec 26, 2014
A local education advocacy group is sponsoring a grant program to revive arts programs in city public schools where they were dropped after budget cuts. Public schools from elementary grades to high school without full-time art or music teachers has become the norm in...
Dec 23, 2014
Vincent Edwards, a middle school student wearing a red polo shirt buttoned to the very top, stood in front of Vare-Washington Elementary School with a look of disquietude. “I wish for a life with no problems,” reads the caption below his photo in the book, All About...
Dec 23, 2014
Fifteen Philadelphia area schools have something to be thankful for. They are being awarded grants totaling $70,000 through Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s Picasso Project — a philanthropic reaction to budget cuts that have decimated art and music...