McDonald’s Career Track – Feb 4, 2022
A Quality Education…with a Side of Fries We couldn’t say it better than Jack Earle, a former franchisee of McDonald’s restaurants in the Greater Philadelphia…
Speech: Fully Fund Public Education – Feb 3, 2022
Speech Presented at Senator Hughes’ Press Conference on Funding Plan at Plymouth Meeting High School February 3, 2022 Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Policy Director Children…
PA Leads Nation in Cyber Charter Costs, Not Academic Performance – Jan 27, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (January 27, 2022) — Compared to the 27 other states that permit cyber charters, PA has the most cyber charter students and is…
Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble – Jan 21, 2022
Use Your Voice to Shape the Electoral Landscape It’s an American tradition to come together to do good. We saw evidence of that in…
It’s Good News this Time! – Jan 14, 2022
Teachers Asked, Children First Delivered COVID is once again taking a toll on the arts. Stages are going black as performances are being…
Do You Want Fries with That – Jan 7, 2022
Short Changing Our Kids It’s certainly hard to build consensus on any solution when the parties involved have diametrically opposed views of the…
Naughty or Nice – Dec 23, 2021
Santa is making his list and checking it twice. Children First has some suggestions for Santa about who’s been naughty and who’s been…
Four Steps from the Classroom to the Courtroom – Nov 17, 2021
It’s Day Four of the Fair Funding Trial and the testimony so far has been powerful and revealing. This is history in…
Here Comes the Judge – Nov 12, 2021
We Witnessed History in the Making In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens artfully portrays the stark disparity between the haves and the…
Speech: PA Schools Work and Ed Funding – Oct 27, 2021
Speech Presented at PASW Press Conference in Harrisburg October 27, 2021 Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Policy Director Children First Good morning. My name is Tomea…