The Hechinger Report “Children … all over the country – with diagnoses including ADHD, bipolar disorder and, increasingly, autism … are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): Spring has sprung and Pre-K for PA is springing into action! This week, as college basketball teams from across the country competed in the “Big Dance,” a group of about 30 preschoolers from Bright Horizons … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): If children were active in the political process right now, they might be saying things like: Dear President Trump, if you have money to spend on school vouchers, can you make sure … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): The budget released by President Trump yesterday will hit children like a freight train. Take action below. Some Really Bad Math For every $1 dollar cut from agencies serving children, the military … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): PCCY published a piece making the argument for realizing Dream Care now. Find it at http://www.pccy.org/news/gop-dems-agree-protect-every-child-march-10-2017/. AAP Calls for Protection of Immigrant Children The American Academy of Pediatrics released a compelling policy statement … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Amnesty International is pushing for the release of four families who have been detained at Berks for more than a year. The kids have pending green card applications yet ICE will not release them. Below … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-08/childrens-issues/childrens-advocates-call-gop-health-bill-wrong-for-pa-kids/a56751-1 March 8, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Children with serious illness or accidents could exceed the individual cap on Medicaid proposed as part of the new federal healthcare legislation. … Continued
Photo from Steven Lane of The Associated Press. From Harold Jordan, ACLU-PA Senior Policy Advocate One of the issues that the ACLU has been working on diligently, for years, has been student and youth rights. This week, NBC News aired a series of reports … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): February has been a month of love at Pre-K for PA – we are even loving some of this unseasonably warm weather! We showed Governor Wolf some love for the $75 million of new investment … Continued
From the National Partnership for Women and Families (http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/PageServer): Families with children are all too aware of the urgent need for paid family and medical leave. So it is good news that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Rosa DeLauro reintroduced … Continued