Education

Freedom on the Horizon for Pa. Teachers?

  • January 12, 2016

How much money will you have to pay a private political organization just to keep your job this year? If this question sounds ridiculous, that’s because it is—unless you…

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It’s Time to Free Pennsylvania Teachers

  • Brittney Parker
  • September 1, 2015

This op-ed is written by Julie Raab, a teacher in Dauphin County and originally appeared in PennLive on August 30, 2015. After almost 30 years as an elementary…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Shale Successes Continue

  • Gordon Tomb
  • February 10, 2015

The stories continue: more jobs, increased tax revenue and cheap energy, all from the free-market production of Marcellus Shale gas. Take last week’s report from the Central Pennsylvania…

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Education

For Teachers, Knowledge is Power

  • Priya Brannick
  • August 11, 2014

Like any other group of professionals, teachers are a diverse lot, holding vastly differing social, cultural, and political views. So why is it that they’re lumped together and forced to…

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Public Union Democracy

New Poll: 81% in PA Believe Unionization Should be a Choice

  • August 11, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901      New Poll: 81 Percent of Pennsylvanians Support Worker Freedom This is National Employee Freedom Week, Educating Union Employees…

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Union Quietly Admits to Using Teachers’ Dues for Politics

  • June 2, 2014

This post first appeared on Commonwealth Foundation’s PolicyBlog. Whenever we talk about how teacher and other government unions spend their members’ dues on politics, the most common reaction we…

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Public Union Democracy

Union Quietly Admits to Using Dues for Politics

  • Priya Brannick
  • June 2, 2014

Whenever we talk about how teacher and other government unions spend their members’ dues on politics, the most common reaction we hear is that simply isn’t true. Workers often hear…

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