Education
Chart of the Day: Public School Enrollment vs Staff
One of the drivers of education spending is an increase in staff sizes while enrollment has declined. Data from the PA Department of Education indicates that from 1999-2000 to…
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Radical Reform Required…Now!
My friend Nick Pandelidis, a physician and entrepreneur in York, has published an excellent piece on school choice in the York Daily Record. After recounting much data, he concludes:…
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Marcellus Shale Drilling Equals Affordable Energy
As the Intelligencer Journal reports, Marcellus Shale drilling is the reason UGI Utilities is dropping natural gas rates by 13.5 percent, providing significant savings for the 15 counties…
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PLCB: Shhhhhh, Innovation Elves at Work
Season’s greetings, comrades, and welcome to the PLCB North Pole (see Pennsylvania Perestroika Palace) where cutting-edge innovation and creativity are at a fever pitch these days. But unlike…
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Chart of the Day: Shale Growth Fuels Tax Growth
We noted previously how the boom from Marcellus Shale natural gas has fueled a dramatic increase in state corporate tax collections. Pennsylvania Department of Revenue data also show a…
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PLCB is $30 Million in the Hole
As Jay noted earlier, Auditor General Jack Wagner and a number of defenders of the current government monopoly argue that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) is a great…
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AG: Perestroika Better Than Freedom
They may take our wines, but they can never take our freedom! Okay, maybe they can take both? According to a report posted on Fox 43 Harrisburg today, Pennsylvania Auditor General…
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Owned or Rented by the PSEA?
A prominent politician (someone you’d recognize if I named him) reminded me yesterday that the primary obstacle in letting parents choose the safest and best school for their children is…
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Improving Public Education…Through School Choice
Here is a letter to the editor I submitted to the Pocono Record, correcting the record on school choice: Your editorial, “Support your public schools” bashes school choice…
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