Why Expanding SCHIP is a bad idea

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 2, 2007

Resources on the proposed SCHIP expansion (which would increase federal subsidies for health care for the non-poor) from: Heritage FoundationTax FoundationWashington Policy CenterNational…

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Fly by night transportation plan

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 1, 2007

Remember about a month ago, when Rep. Geist received a letter from the US Department of Transporation stating that I-80 could not be tolled under the Interstate Reconstruction Program…

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School Choice Roundtable Video

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 1, 2007

Video from yesterday’s rountable discussion on school choice. Get all Commonwealth Foundation videos here…

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PDE supports limiting school spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 1, 2007

Pennsylvania Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak proposes limiting school spending, reported in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Of course he only wants to limit in for cyber schools – to $5800…

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CF on PCN

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 31, 2007

If you missed the roundtable discussion on school choice and press conference, co-hosted by the Commonwealth Foundation and REACH, in which we released our latest policy brief, there…

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Not the School Districts’ money

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 31, 2007

Lowman Henry on the attacks on cyber schools, responding to the same Patriot News article that we did yesterday. Educrats refer to funding for cyber charter schools…

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Friedman’s Legacy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 31, 2007

Thomas Siems in today’s Wall Street Journal on the legacy of Milton Friedman – as today would have been his 95th birthday. Along with the REACH Foundation, we…

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Remember in November of ’08

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 30, 2007

“The ‘reform movement’ in the Pennsylvania Legislature is dead,” writes Brad Bumsted, who ask us all to “Remember, remember the 5th of November…” Okay, so I think Brad is…

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