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Former Governor Schweiker Calls for Investment in Pre-k, Encourages Supporters to Stay Energized
Former Governor Mark Schweiker opened the 2015 Kiwanis Early Education Summit, as part of the Pennsylvania District of Kiwanis International Annual convention at the Erie County Convention Center today with a continued call for significant investment in early learning and a repeated call to action to pre-k supporters.
Pre-K for PA Urges Leaders in Harrisburg to Negotiate a Budget that Boosts Early Learning
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Reading Eagle: Group calls for more funding for pre-K programs
Advocates for publicly funded pre-kindergarten classes said Wednesday that almost two thirds of eligible preschool-age children don’t have the ability to attend quality classes and urged lawmakers to support funding increases for pre-K. Leaders of the statewide Pre-K for PA campaign said their goal is to ensure every student in the state with a financial need can attend publicly funded pre-K by 2022.
Pottstown Mercury: In West Pottsgrove, pre-k advocates press for increased state funding
Between April 11 and June 18, his organization asked every elementary principal in Pennsylvania to take a survey about the importance of pre-K education. Of the 351 principals representing 217 of Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts who responded, 99 percent either agreed, or strongly agreed, that it is very important.