Jan 11, 2018
Since 2012, 23 states have amended their laws to improve the quality of charter schools. Pennsylvania is not one of those states. The legislature has not revised the charter school law to include best practices for access, autonomy or accountability since it was...
Aug 1, 2017
Oct 20, 2016
While recent headlines tout a national recovery from the Great Recession, more children in the four suburban counties surrounding Philadelphia, and in Philadelphia itself, are worse off now than during the depths of the recession. The new PCCY Child Wellness Index...
Dec 7, 2015
Clearly, The Philadelphia School District faces many challenges ranging from financial instability, to insufficient funds, to high staff turnover, markedly at-risk student population and epidemically low levels of performance. This report on the neighborhood high...
Jun 10, 2015
REPORT: Fulfilling Pennsylvania’s Promise to Cover All Kids – Jun 2015
Jan 15, 2015
Download the press release Public Citizens for Children and Youth has identified sufficient legal, fiscal and oversight reasons to deny all new charter school applications at this time. This report details PCCY’s research.
