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Have you received the Spring/Summer 2016 edition of Childwatch, PCCY’s semi-annual newsletter? Childwatch chronicles the progress of our major initiatives and projects twice a year and is mailed to anyone who has signed up for it (See below for more details). Childwatch is also available online.
This edition features the latest information on major issues and initiatives, including:
Our Kids Are Worth It: Learn about the campaign to add 6,500 more quality pre-k seats and update recreation centers, parks and libraries…and the toddlers who visited City Hall to help.
Are Our Kids’ Homes Sick: In the wake of Flint’s contaminated water crisis, we all wondered if it could happen here. But it turns out that in southeastern PA, our kids are testing higher for lead levels than in lead.
Separate and Unequal: Philadelphia’s neighborhood high schools are struggling, but it’s not because they’re not pulling their weight–they’re pulling the weight of others as well.
Dream Care: Despite the promise of PA’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, there are children who can’t get coverage. Find out why and how it’s costing us.
600 Reasons to Smile: PCCY booked 600 free dental appointments during our Give Kids A Smile event. Seven out of ten of them were uninsured.
Legal Briefs: Quick takes on the lawsuit for fair education funding (See Advocate and Serve), the state Supreme Court’s ruling on Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission, and the campaign to shut down an unlicensed facility that detains families, which a federal judge ruled illegal.
Picasso Project Inspires: (See Socially Speaking) After 10 years without a music program, what did South Philly High School do with their Picasso Project Grant?
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Join the Supreme Court Sing-In for Schools! On September 12, add your voice to a chorus of students, parents, advocates in support of the fair education funding lawsuit. The case will be hear Sept. 13. SIGN UP
Find out how much arts education matters to kids. Visit the Picasso Project exhibit on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. Official exhibition dates: August 15-September 30.
Check out a sneak preview here, here and here!
AG Eugene DePasquale highlighted more than $2.5 million in lease reimbursements to nine charter schools including the Chester Community Charter School in Delaware County and School Lane Charter School in Bucks County. Read More
“Education is a root cause. Fifty percent of everybody who comes into state prison doesn’t have a high school diploma. So don’t be surprised if you have a terrible education system that people are getting locked up.” Pa. Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel READ MORE