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Education

Enacting Effective Merit Pay

• March 21, 2011

Merit pay for teachers, proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett in his budget address, would tie teacher salaries to student progress, instead of increasing salaries annually regardless of performance. Only…

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Students crushed by heavy debt load

• March 20, 2011

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Taking it out on teachers

• March 20, 2011

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Debating pros and cons of teacher unions

• March 20, 2011

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Education

On Penn State and Lasagna

• Charles Mitchell
• March 18, 2011

The news that Penn State’s trustees just froze new building projects brings lasagna to mind. The reason is that right after my wife and I returned from the hospital…

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Corbett slashes $1 billion in budget proposal, local and state leaders react

• March 18, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Michael Mann at the Zoo

• March 18, 2011

I’ve got a piece up today at American Spectator which reveals the latest two taxpayer-funded projects that Penn State Climategate scientist Michael Mann has added to his…

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Education

Hope for University Administrators, or Taxpayers?

• Charles Mitchell
• March 18, 2011

Tracie Mauriello of the Post-Gazette has a story today with the headline “Legislators offer hope to university administrators.”  There, she quotes several state senators who say they hope to…

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Senate panel to review boards’ relevance

• March 17, 2011

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Education

Another Way to Handle Budget Problems

• March 17, 2011

Following up on Charles’s post last week about Penn State’s “political stunt” over Gov. Corbett’s planned cuts to the university, it might help PSU president Graham Spanier to look…

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Education

Top Ten Reasons Pennsylvanians Deserve More from Their Universities

• Charles Mitchell
• March 17, 2011

Yesterday in Harrisburg, the talk was all about Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposal to cut the generous subsidies Pennsylvania taxpayers provide to our universities.  Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said…

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Corbett, unions say they’re willing to compromise

• March 17, 2011

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LCB illogic

• March 17, 2011

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Gov. Corbett’s choice for new Turnpike head questioned

• March 17, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

About a Streamlining Commission

• March 16, 2011

Yesterday, CF released its new publication, Streamlining State Government, bringing attention to the more than 340 state regulatory and advisory agencies, demonstrating the need to trim the size…

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Tea party at odds on school choice legislation

• March 16, 2011

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School vouchers the topic of Lehigh Valley Tea Party town hall meeting

• March 16, 2011

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State panel focuses on downsizing

• March 16, 2011

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Public Union Democracy

Streamlining State Government Testimony

• Nathan Benefield
• March 15, 2011

Thank you Chairman Smucker and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify before you today.  I’m Nate Benefield, Director of Policy Research at the Commonwealth Foundation for…

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Regulation

Despite Union Propaganda, Residents Support Privatization

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 15, 2011

The Morning Call and Muhlenberg College recently conducted a poll on Pennsylvania’s budget situation. Despite months of union sponsored misinformation campaigns, Pennsylvania residents remain largely supportive…

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Corbett wants to grade schools, pay teachers on merit basis

• March 15, 2011

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