MEDIA REPORTS

NBC 10’s evening news covers Pre-K for PA’s delivery of signed petitions to Governor Tom Corbett and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf.

Last week, after the Democratic primary winner was announced, Pre-K for PA and its 10 founding members sent an open letter to gubernatorial candidates. Pre-K for PA is an issue-based campaign started in January advocating for expanded, high quality pre-K.

In this first part of a two-part series, Generocity looks at how the push for expanded, quality pre-K is gaining force as politicians and business and nonprofit leaders express their support for some kind of reform.

Right now, Pennsylvania ranks 30th out of 40 states, based on NIEER’s standards. But Commonwealth citizens seem eager to help change this, even if they have to foot the bill. A study commissioned earlier this year by the Pre-K for PA campaign showed that 63 percent of likely voters in the Commonwealth support increased funding for pre-k programs. And 58 percent support increased funding for pre-k even if it means raising their taxes.