A quality education is a nonpartisan issue.
“Think about every problem, every challenge we face. The solution starts with education.”
George H.W. Bush
“Education doesn’t make us smarter. It makes us whole.”
Jill Biden
From infancy to high school graduation, children and teens are constantly sponging up the information around them, which is why high-quality education is critically important. Starting from high-quality child care to pre-kindergarten to kindergarten through high-school graduation, children are learning their ABCs and 1-2-3s, critical thinking skills, and the socio-emotional skills they need to be good family, neighbors, and employees.
INITIATIVES
K-12 Education
K-12 Education
Early Learning
Early Learning
RELATED TOOLS
School Board Candidate Guidebook
Are you interested in running for a local school board?
Don’t know where to start?
Start here with us using the Children First Action Fund’s School Board Candidate Guidebook.
To be eligible to run for school board in Pennsylvania one must be:
- A citizen of Pennsylvania and resident of the school district for at least one year
- Of good moral character
- At least 18 years of age
- There may be other restrictions impacting specific individuals under state or federal law.
The information in this guidebook is what you’ll need to make a strong candidate for school board member.
A Year for Transformation - BEFC Fact Sheets
Pennsylvania’s current school funding system is unconstitutional, and this is the year to fix it. Last February, after a trial that spanned eight years, the Commonwealth Court ruled that our current school funding system has failed to educate all students and has disproportionately harmed students in low-wealth school districts. Now, it’s now up to the General Assembly, the Governor, and education officials to fix the system. It’s their job; it’s our future. This is the Year for Transformation: A World-Class Education for Every Child in Pennsylvania.
These fact sheets focus on the Southeastern Pennsylvania counties of:
| Bucks | Chester |
| Delaware | Montgomery |
| Philadelphia |
For data sources and methodology on all data included in this report:
RESOURCES : EDUCATION
Controller calls for overhaul in charter-school funding – Philadelphia Daily News – October 23, 2014
ALL RESOURCES