Charles Mitchell

Charles Mitchell

Senior Fellow

Charles Mitchell is a Senior Fellow with the Commonwealth Foundation.

Charles first became associated with the Commonwealth Foundation when he was a college newspaper editor under attack for defending free speech. He became a Commonwealth Foundation donor in 2006, joined the staff in 2010, and was President and CEO from 2016 to 2024. Charles is the only person to receive the State Policy Network’s Overton Award and Roe Award for his work building out Pennsylvania’s freedom movement.

Education

Commonwealth Foundation names Andrew Lewis as new president and CEO

  • Andrew Lewis, Charles Mitchell
  • September 26, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty The Commonwealth Foundation, a think tank focused on “transforming free-market ideas into actionable public policies,” appointed Andrew Lewis, a former Pennsylvania state representative…

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Education

Josh Shapiro can now focus on leading Pennsylvania

  • Charles Mitchell
  • August 11, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News Being passed over for vice president may be the best thing that ever happened to Josh Shapiro. That’s probably not what our…

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Education

Shapiro Failed on School Choice—Again. There’s Hope Despite Him

  • Charles Mitchell
  • July 18, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The state budget is finally done, but Pennsylvania families should be angry. That’s the most important takeaway from the budget that Gov. Josh Shapiro and…

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Education

Josh Shapiro plays to the middle while pleasing the left

  • Charles Mitchell
  • June 13, 2024

Originally published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Perhaps you’ve heard: Our governor is a moderate president-in-the-making. Josh Shapiro is leaning into this image as the state legislature negotiates next year’s budget,…

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Education

Charles Mitchell | On Offense in Pennsylvania

  • Charles Mitchell
  • April 25, 2024

Charles Mitchell is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Commonwealth Foundation. Charles grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs in a family of railroaders, teachers, and small…

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Public Union Democracy

Public Sector Unions Aren’t Doing Well

  • Charles Mitchell
  • December 28, 2023

Originally published at The American Spectator Union strikes are all the rage these days. From automobile workers to television writers, labor strikes have dominated the news cycle this year —…

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Education

A Good Education Isn’t a Perk. It’s a Lifeline.

  • Charles Mitchell
  • July 7, 2023

Originally published at Delaware Valley Journal What would you do to help your children succeed? Would you advocate for them, pushing to change the broken systems that keep them…

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Education

Josh Shapiro Chooses Teachers Unions Over Students

  • Charles Mitchell
  • July 7, 2023

Originally published in the Wall Street Journal Nancy Pelosi infamously stated that to find out what ObamaCare contained, Congress had to pass the bill. This week, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh…

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Public Union Democracy

Teacher Unions Pick Politics Over Students and Teachers

  • Charles Mitchell
  • April 18, 2023

Originally published at The American Spectator There’s a war brewing in education — and it’s not just on parents. It’s on the teachers themselves — and the same unions…

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