As the legislature returns to hammer out a state budget, a new poll shows a sizable majority of voters are willing to pay more taxes to support publicly funded pre-K programs.
Wolf and lawmakers have another chance to improve early childhood programs. They should take it.
Of all the programs that Pennsylvanians support with their hard-earned tax dollars, few do as much measurable good, so early in life, as the critical early childhood education programs Pre-K Counts and Head Start.
School districts ‘can’t get ahead’ of mandated costs despite increases in state education funding
Mandated pension contributions, special education services and charter school payments are identified as the biggest cost drivers that are worsening Pennsylvania’s school districts’ financial condition, causing some to eliminate kindergarten, increase classes sizes, and cut elective courses.
Pa. voters willing to pay more taxes for more pre-K, poll finds
It’s safe to say that pollsters don’t often find a super-majority of voters willing to pay more in taxes. Yet in a new poll to be released Thursday, 64 percent of Pennsylvania likely voters said they would support a tax increase to expand publicly funded preschool education, responding to a hypothetical hike of .01 percentage […]
Advocacy campaign proves that Childhood Begins at Home
An advocacy campaign started by evidence-based home visit support providers met with legislators Friday morning to discuss the importance of at-home visiting services of the youngest children.
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