Media

Pa. businesses that get government grants should be held accountable

• December 15, 2014

Media Hit

Mary’s Law: Protecting Teachers and Taxpayers

• Nathan Benefield
• December 12, 2014

“Mary’s Law,” new legislation that will soon be introduced by State Senators John Eichelberger and Gene Yaw—along with 10 other senators—would end the taxpayer-funded collection of political money. Update:…

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Regulation

Government Falls Short in Subsidizing Job Creation

• December 12, 2014

“Incomplete, misleading, and unreliable”—that is how an Auditor General report described Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) efforts to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of your…

Media

Unions will see if bets on Wolf pay off

• December 12, 2014

Media Hit

Liquor privatization debate poised to resurface in PA House

• December 12, 2014

Media Hit

GOP may seek last push for Pa. action

• December 12, 2014

Media Hit

Audit: PA handed out $93 million to businesses that missed job projections

• December 12, 2014

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Pennsylvania state agency failed to live up to promises of job creation, audit says

• December 11, 2014

Media Hit

Education

Audio: Could Charter Conversion be in York City’s Future?

• December 10, 2014

York City School District—financially distressed and second-to-last in the state in student achievement—may be in for some much-needed change in the coming weeks. After two years of…

Media

Change is definitely coming to the governor’s mansion. But what will it look like?

• December 10, 2014

Media Hit

Teachers’ Unions: The common roadblock to reform

• December 10, 2014

Media Hit

They’re Complaining Because We’re Convincing

• Charles Mitchell
• December 9, 2014

This morning’s Harrisburg Patriot-News includes an item that gives unfortunate credence to tired and lame allegations made by critics who are upset with CF’s effectiveness about our research…

Media

Education

More Choice on the way to Philadelphia?

• James Paul
• December 9, 2014

Tens of thousands of Philadelphia students languishing on charter waiting lists have reason to hope. For the first time in seven years, the School…

Media

Raising taxes is the wrong way to fix Pa.’s financial problem: PennLive letters

• December 9, 2014

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Supt. Chain reflects on his years with Fairfield in Adams County

• December 9, 2014

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Local districts short-changed by state (YDR opinion)

• December 9, 2014

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Filling that $2 billion hole leaves no room for political games: Editorial

• December 8, 2014

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State Budget

Spending Restraint, Reform Needed to Balance Budget

• Elizabeth Stelle
• December 5, 2014

With an estimated $2 billion “planning deficit” announced this week, one might believe crafting a balanced budget that doesn’t raise taxes is impossible. Yet earlier this year, we…

Media

Roadblock to reform: Unions condemn schools to inferiority

• December 5, 2014

Media Hit

Listening tour on school funding gets earful on ‘hold harmless’

• December 5, 2014

Media Hit

Education

School Funding Reform & Weighted Student Funding

• James Paul, Nathan Benefield
• December 4, 2014

Thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony to this commission on the important topic of reforming how we distribute state funding for education. Our written testimony will focus on…

Testimony