Education

News Release: Pa. State Test Scores Confirm Decline in Student Learning

• March 7, 2022

March 7, 2022, Harrisburg Pa. – After a multi-month delay, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released on Friday student test scores for the 2021 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment…

Press Release

State Budget

Pennsylvania’s Stalled Economy

• January 31, 2022

Summary In 2021, Pennsylvania lagged behind most states in recovering from the COVID-19 shutdown.Challenges like historic inflation and labor shortages will likely persist throughout 2022.This year, lawmakers can reverse these…

Fact Sheet

Op-Ed: Covid didn’t “break” parents

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 10, 2021

Few things are more sickening than the realization that something you disagree with will happen to your child and there is nothing you can do about it.

Commentary

Pennsylvania’s Use of ARPA Funds

• Brandon Van Dyck
• September 23, 2021

ARPA is a $1.9 trillion federal bill passed in March 2021. Supporters of the legislation argued that our country needed the added spending to stimulate a nationwide recovery from the…

Fact Sheet

Op-Ed: Say no to $3.5 trillion government takeover, yes to jobs

• Jennifer Stefano
• September 20, 2021

Originally published at The Hill Something isn’t right in America’s economy. And it’s not just COVID-19. As of late July, there were 10 million available jobs across the…

Media

Op-Ed: How Right-Leaning Entrepreneurs Became the Champions of Equity for Low-Income Students

• Jennifer Stefano
• September 18, 2021

Originally published at Townhall There is no doubt that free-market enthusiasts—armed with a love of competition and individual liberty—have a successful track record of leading on traditionally progressive issues.

Media

Op-Ed: Back-to-School Season in Pennsylvania Defined by Conflict

• Colleen Hroncich
• August 31, 2021

Amid new and recycled policies surrounding the COVID-19 Delta variant, batteles with local public school bureaucracies are intensifying.     …

Commentary

Health Care

How Pennsylvania Is Progressing in the Race to Rebuild

• July 12, 2021

The 2021 state budget includes some policy changes to spur recovery and better governance, but much more needs to occur.

Fact Sheet

My Child Was Saved by School Choice

• July 10, 2021

In April, Sharon Sedlar testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee, sharing her families’ story of school choice, and how cyber charter schools changed her daughter’s educational trajectory. This is…

Commentary