REPORT: Investing in Career Related Learning for High School Students – Mar 2023
Report – Meeting The Demand for New Workers – March 2023 Investing in public education excellence is the path to thriving communities, a stable…
REPORT: Cyber Charter Surpluses – June 2022
Cyber charter surpluses are substantial, growing, and unregulated. This issue matters to school districts that are responsible for paying public cyber charter tuition and…
REPORT: PA Disconnect in Cyber Charter Oversight and Funding – Jan 2022
Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools are over-funded and under-regulated compared to similar programs in 27 other states. The PA Disconnect in Cyber Charter Oversight and…
REPORT: Informed and Empowered: Girls With Options – Sep 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, Children First amyk@childrenfirstpa.org WHAT WE LEARNED IN SEX ED: GIRLS NEED OPTIONS Black and Hispanic girls want culturally…
REPORT: A New Look at Cyber Charter Fund Balances – June 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Amy Kobeta, PCCY amyk@childrenfirstpa.org, 347-607-1058 mobile CYBER CHARTERS ARE STOCKPILING DOLLARS THAT SHOULD GO TO STUDENTS New Report Shows PA’s…
REPORT: No More Dreams Deferred – Mar 2021
No More Dreams Deferred: Building An Education System That Works for Black and Hispanic Students Across the region, the share of students of color…
APPENDICES: No More Dreams Deferred Report – Mar 2021
No More Dreams Deferred: Building An Education System That Works for Black and Hispanic Students A Full Copy of the No More Dreams Deferred…
REPORT: Hold Harmless: A Quarter Century of Inequity at the Heart of Pennsylvania’s School System – Jan 2021
This report reveals the significant harm done by the education funding system paradoxically known as “hold harmless.” This system fails to account for the…
RECORDING: Surprising Outcomes for Students in Charter Schools in New Orleans – Jan 2021
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans radically remade its education system by closing nearly all traditional public schools and replacing them with…
REPORT: Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Bucks County – Apr 2019
The American Dream is eroding in Bucks County. Incomes that used to provide a comfortable middle class life are no longer enough to even…