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Public Schools Increased Spending to $23,000 Per Student, Ballooned Reserves While Enrollment Declined
Harrisburg, Pa., May 15, 2025 — Pennsylvania school districts increased overall revenue collected in 2023–24 to $23,000 per student, while expanding general fund reserves to $7.4 billion, according to new…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on RGGI
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Senate Education Committee Approves Bipartisan PASS Scholarships, Offering Lifeline to Students in Need
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New Report: Gig-Workers Prefer Flexibility of Portable Benefits
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Corbett, school spending: Did he really cut $1 billion from education? (Pa. Fact Finder)
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Lies from PSEA Leadership
Repeating the same lie over and over does not make it magically come true. Yet this hasn’t stopped the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) leadership from an…
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Pa. GOP Wants To Decriminalize Out-Of-State Liquor Sales
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Governor Corbett announces “Healthy PA” to provide health insurance to poorer residents
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Half a million Pennsylvanians to gain healthcare coverage
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Study gives Pennsylvania barely passing marks in economic performance and job growth
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Government approves compromise on Corbett’s alternative Medicaid plan
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Pennsylvania Deserves Flexibility in Medicaid Reform
For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Without Fed’s Flexibility, Commonwealth Should Walk Away from Healthy PA August 28, 2014, HARRISBURG, Pa.—The Commonwealth Foundation commends Gov. Corbett for…
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FORMER INDIANA SUPERINTENDENT JOINS SCHOOL FUNDING EFFORT
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Misconceptions cloud Pa. school funding debate
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Commonwealth Foundation: Pa. voters lowball education funding
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Poll finds support for more money for public schools despite underestimating what is already spent
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Audio: 73% of PA Voters Underestimate School Spending
Yesterday, we released a new poll showing just how confused voters are about state education spending levels and the results that money is buying. When 54% of voters say…
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Union Lobbying Holds Back Lottery Performance
Illinois’s decision to terminate its lottery private management agreement with Northstar is being misinterpreted as proof that Pennsylvania dodged a bullet by failing to approve a private lottery management…
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Poll: Voters Vastly Underestimate Education Spending, Majority Grade Schools D or F
For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Voters Underestimate Education Spending, Majority Grade Public Schools D or F Appetite for Higher Taxes Drops When Achievement Facts Revealed…
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Podcast: Profiles in Perseverance, Overcoming Poverty
Bobbi was struggling. A single mom of two kids, she had a job but no place to live. Thanks to Opportunity House in Reading, Pennsylvania, Bobbi found a home…
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Free lunch for Highlands, New Ken schools eliminates stigma
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State workers paying less than most for health benefits
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Don’t Blame School Choice for Philly’s School Funding Fiasco
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