Despite the strength of the pre-pandemic economy in 2019, the number of uninsured children grew at an alarming rate according to newly released data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS data released today documents the largest annual increase in the number of uninsured kids from 2018 to 2019 since the survey […]
How the pandemic is upending pre-K
It’s a tragic, tired fact of the pandemic by now — a largely lost year of learning that will set back millions of U.S. students, from kindergarten to college and hurt already at-risk kids the most. What about the children even younger than that?
Editorial: People, too, must be counted
About 67% of Pennsylvanians have responded to the 2020 census, but with just under a month to go for the data collection process, that is 3 percentage points below the 2010 response rate.
Choices and Concerns as Schools Plan to Reopen
Pennsylvania schools will begin reopening soon and advocates for children say there’s a lot to consider for the quality of education as well as the safety of students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Wolf: $10.5 million to help Technical Education Centers resume
Governor Tom Wolf is dedicating approximately $10.5 million to Career and Technical Education Centers (CTC) to assist them in implementing public health and safety plans and help them to resume operations.
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"There's an increasing number of kids going without health insurance or have lost health insurance over the past year," said Becky Ludwick, Vice President of Public Policy at Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children via @PNS_News @PrettyBlue73
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