Education

34 Seconds of Truth Vs. $2 million of Fallacy

  • October 26, 2011

It’s getting late in Harrisburg and defenders of the education status quo are pulling out all the stops in order to thwart a rescue of 82,000…

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Education

Facts vs. Silly Rhetoric on School Choice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 26, 2011

Tonight, I am speaking at a forum on school choice, and wanted to find some absurd, outlandish, and easily refuted claims from school choice opponents to lead with. Thanks…

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Regulation

Did Union Boss Young Read Wrong Liquor Study?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 26, 2011

The union boss who earns nearly $300,000 each year by forcing liquor store employees to pay dues to his union released a statement regarding the PFM group’s report…

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Regulation

Highlights from Governor’s Liquor Privatization Summary

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 25, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett released a long-awaited study from The PFM Group on state liquor store privatization. Click here for the full study (nearly 300 pages), or here to get…

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Education

WIFM? All the Difference in the World

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • October 25, 2011

As Gov. Corbett and the General Assembly consider a package of education reform bills, some legislators are asking “What’s in it for me?”  The WIFM question isn’t necessarily selfish or…

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Education

School Choice Saves, School Choice Sells

  • Charles Mitchell
  • October 25, 2011

Harrisburg is atwitter this morning as the Senate Education Committee is voting on school choice legislation.  Let’s quickly rebut three myths that are circulating: School choice saves money.  It’s…

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Education

Ackerman: School Choice Necessary to Reform Failing Schools

  • Priya Brannick
  • October 24, 2011

In case you missed it, former Philadelphia superintendent Arlene Ackerman emphatically endorsed vouchers and an expanded charter school system as the best way to rescue kids in failing schools.  She writes:…

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Education

Want a 70% Approval Rating?

  • Charles Mitchell
  • October 24, 2011

Let’s be real.  One of the things that often gets CF into trouble is that from the outside, it seems like we never need to worry about whether the free-market…

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Regulation

Will Liquor Liberty Have to Wait Another Year?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 24, 2011

The Patriot News obtained a draft copy of the forthcoming study on liquor store privatization commissioned by Gov. Tom Corbett. According to the story, the report predicts auctioning…

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