About GPUAC

The Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC) brings together business and community leaders to solve urban problems, operate programs, and support an array of government and private sector-sponsored initiatives to help the disadvantaged and working poor of the Metropolitan Philadelphia region. GPUAC's programs provide a wide range of services in the following areas: Economic and Business Development; Workforce Development; Health; Neighborhood and Community Services and Education.   Visit our website at www.gpuac.org.

 

Education, Children and Youth Committee

GPUAC's Education, Children and Youth Committee (ECY) brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to improve the quality of education in the City of Philadelphia.

ECY identifies the opportunities charter schools represent, the barriers they confront, and what can be done to help them succeed throughout Pennsylvania.   This work began in 1997 when GPUAC hosted the City's first public forum on charter schools.  

Related ECY publications:

•  A Directory of Philadelphia Charter Schools:   2003-2004 (Conducted by GPUAC, funded by The William Penn Foundation; for a hard copy call 215-851-1915 or email coalition@gpuac.org

 

•  Meeting the Challenge:   Managing the fiscal impact of charter schools in Pennsylvania

(Conducted by the Pennsylvania Economy League, commissioned by GPUAC; June 2001)

 

 

 

For more information contact:

Lucy Kerman

Director of Strategic Initiatives

GPUAC
1207 Chestnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107-4102

lkerman@gpuac.org