Childwatch: November 2012 – Make Kids Matter
In this Issue: A Lasting Legacy Make Kids Matter Campaign Sequestration Lead Bill Ordinance County Fact Sheets—Education Dr. Hite Visits The Roundtable New Publication—Courtwatch…
Election 2012: Who Speaks For Children? – Daily Times – November 1, 2012
Big Bird notwithstanding, children were missing from the presidential debates (and the vice presidential debate as well). While more than 16 million children across…
Philly’s Head Start Programs Could Be Among Casualties Of Going Over Fiscal Cliff – WHYY Newsworks – October 25, 2012
Bonnie Li says that before her four-year-old daughter, Pearl, started preschool, she was “lost.” “She was very scared, very shy,” says Li. “When she…
PCCY Forum: Concentrated Poverty’s Effect on Pennsylvania Schools
Download PDF Panel Will Discuss Impact, Outcomes and Policy Recommendations (Philadelphia, PA) October 17, 2012 – Concentrated poverty, a reemerging phenomenon since the…
Costs Without Government Assistance Are Rising in the Philadelphia Area, Study Says – The Philadelphia Inquirer – October 16, 2012
It costs a lot of money to live in the Philadelphia region without government assistance – as much as $70,000 a year or more…
PCCY Education Roundtable Opens New Season with Dr. William Hite
Download PDF New Philadelphia School Superintendent’s First Extended Television Interview (Philadelphia, PA) October 11, 2012 – PCCY’s Education Roundtable, the monthly discussion program…
Make Kids Matter Campaign Launches in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Download PDF Regional Effort Urges Public to Demand Candidates Address Children’s Issues (Philadelphia, PA) October 09, 2012 – With Election Day nearing and…
Child Poverty Increasing In Southeastern Pennsylvania
Download PDF New Census Figures Reveal More Children Sinking into Poverty (Philadelphia, PA) September 20, 2012 – For the second year in a row…
Hearing on Homeless Children. Testimony to the PA House Democratic Policy Committee—Committee on Education.
Includes a PowerPoint Presentation.
Back To School, More Cuts Coming – Philadelphia Daily News – September 12, 2012
While elected officials spent recent weeks shuttling off to political conventions, parents have had something else on their minds: preparing children to go back…