Back to School

• Common Sense Weekly
• September 2, 2025

Hope everybody had a happy Labor Day weekend! Here’s the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.  Back to School—With Billions in the…

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With $64 Million in the Bank, Central Bucks School District Still Increases Taxes

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 19, 2025

Originally published by Bucks County Independence. The bill for public education is about to rise in Bucks County — again. Homeowners in Central Bucks School District are facing a…

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Find Your School District’s Reserves

• May 5, 2025

Local Districts: Charter Schools:…

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Pa. School Funding Reached $22,000 per student in 2023 

• May 21, 2024

Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, 2024 — Pennsylvania per-student spending increased to $21,985 in the 2022–23 school year, according to recently released data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. This represents a…

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New Audit Finds School Districts Stockpiling Funding

• January 25, 2023

January 25, 2023, Harrisburg Pa. — A new report released today by Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor reveals that Pennsylvania school districts are raising taxes while stockpiling funding in…

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Are Pa. Public Schools Profiting from COVID?

• Jennifer Stefano
• March 10, 2021

Are Pennsylvania public schools profiting off the coronavirus pandemic—while many are keeping their doors closed to students? That’s the question Laura Ingraham asked Jennifer Stefano last night on Fox News.

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