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…
REPORT: Underwater: What’s Sinking Families in Delaware County – Mar 2019
The American Dream is eroding in Delaware County. Incomes that used to provide a comfortable middle class life are no longer enough to even…
REPORT: The Game Plan: A Regional Strategy for Strengthening Pennsylvania’s Workforce – Feb 2019
The impact of a declining workforce is a complex problem. Many of Pennsylvania’s workers are ill-equipped to fill positions in businesses that rely on…
Response to 2019-2020 Governor’s Proposed Budget
PA School Funding Coalition Calls on Legislature to Go Further on 2019-20 Education Funding Advocates Commend Governor Wolf, Ignite Efforts to Persuade Legislature to…
REPORT: Ensuring Investments in Career and Technical Education – Feb 2019
Skilled Workers Needed: Ensuring Investments in Career and Technical Education. Unfortunately, a lack of sustained investments in career and technical education funding, and more…
REPORT: Uncharted Territory: Implications of Rising Charter Enrollment in the SE PA Suburbs – Mar 2018
While charter schools in Philadelphia typically take the spotlight, the southeast Pennsylvania suburbs also have a large charter sector. Twenty years into the charter…
REPORT: Expanding High-Quality Charter School Options – Jan 2018
Since 2012, 23 states have amended their laws to improve the quality of charter schools. Pennsylvania is not one of those states. The legislature…
REPORT: Separate and Unequal: A Path Forward for Neighborhood High Schools – Dec 2015
Clearly, The Philadelphia School District faces many challenges ranging from financial instability, to insufficient funds, to high staff turnover, markedly at-risk student population and…
REPORT: The Legal, Fiscal and Oversight Challenges of Granting New Charters in Philadelphia – Jan 2015
Download the press release Public Citizens for Children and Youth has identified sufficient legal, fiscal and oversight reasons to deny all new charter school…