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Today’s PTA: A leading child advocacy organization

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Beyond the known monthly meetings and bake sales, today’s Parent Teacher Association or PTA is a leading child advocacy organization comprised of millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders all devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools.

Posted in: Healthy Culture Student Programs
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Empowering Students Through Mentor Relationships

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Discover the work being done in Philadelphia schools between the Office of School Safety (OSS) and its students, particularly young black males, through its Leaders Encouraging Achievement and Development, or LEAD, mentoring program.

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Bully Prevention: Teaching Students to be Upstanders

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On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, host Annette Stevenson speaks with Grace Wheeler, NOVA’s director of education and prevention on the organization’s efforts on this front.

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Opening the Door to Curiosity: Learning in the Garden

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On today’s episode of Keystone Education Radio, host Annette Stevenson speaks with the non-profit’s founders Grace Julian and Beth Horst on their group’s mission to get kids out of the classroom and into the dirt.

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Unifying all students: Special Olympics Pennsylvania

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On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, podcast host Annette Stevenson is joined by Michelle Boon, vice president for sports, and Mike Bovino, senior advisor, both of Special Olympics Pennsylvania.

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Student Voice in State Government

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On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, podcast host Annette Stevenson discusses the Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils’ Government Relations program with a panel of the organization’s leadership.

Posted in: Giving Back Student Programs

The Impact Foundation: Students Serving Their Community

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On this episode of Keystone Education Radio, Podcast Host Annette Stevenson is joined by a panel of adults and students who run York Suburban Education Foundation’s Impact Foundation, a student-lead extension of the organization. The group discusses the objectives of the Impact Foundation and how it has adapted to serve the larger York Suburban community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Purple Dreams: Portraying the Power of an Arts Education

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During the 2019 PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference, we sat down with keynote speakers Corey Mitchell and Robin Grey to discuss their film Purple Dreams. The duo discusses their experience advocating for arts education, the impact it has had on students they’ve mentored and their journey to creating the film.