More CHIP Funding Applauded Pa., but Some Strategies Questioned – WHYY Newsworks – February 8, 2013
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing an extra $8.5 million for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Some of that funding is earmarked for outreach…
Corbett’s Proposed Education Funding Falls Short, Advocates Say – Philadelphia Inquirer – February 6, 2013
The proposed state budget unveiled by Gov. Corbett would allow for some increase in basic education aid, more funding for early childhood education, and…
To The Editor: Head Start Gains Downplayed – Philadelphia Inquirer – February 5, 2013
Head Start gains downplayed With good reason, a national study’s authors critical of Head Start urged that their findings be considered alongside existing research…
Governors Budget Proposes $1.8 Billion for Roads But Shortchanges Pennsylvania Children
Download PDF “Status Quo” Budget Means Pennsylvania Children and Economy Won’t Grow (Philadelphia, PA) February 05, 2013 – Governor Tom Corbett today proposed a…
A New State Budget Proposal, Another Fight For Education Aid – Public School Notebook – February 4, 2013
Even before making the annual February budget proposal to the legislature for 2013-14, Gov. Tom Corbett said that this year he would not slash…
Houston School Gets $5k for the Arts – Chestnut Hill Patch – January 31, 2013
Houston School students were presented with a $5,000 check by Public Citizens for Children and Youth’s Picasso Project for their arts project “RURAL LANE…
2013 Picasso Project Grants Award Ceremony
Download PDF Picasso Project Grant Awards Ceremony: Fourteen Philadelphia K-12 Public Schools will receive up to $5,000 for Arts Projects WHO: As part of…
The Better Students Eat, The More They Learn – Philadelphia Inquirer – January 25, 2013
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, why are so many public-school students needlessly going hungry? Only 35 percent of New…
New PCCY Executive Director Still Has Education As Top Priority – WHYY Newsworks – January 24, 2013
For the first time in 26 years, the advocacy group Public Citizens for Children and Youth has a new president. Donna Cooper will lead…
Study in Philly Finds A Wide Range of School-Breakfast Participation – Philadelphia Inquirer – January 21, 2013
Although school breakfast is universally considered to be vital for health and learning, there is a wide disparity in the number of students who…