Education

Opportunity Unleashed

• Marc LeBlond, Stefanie Mason
• February 15, 2022

Key Points In June 2019, Pennsylvania’s General Assembly expanded the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs by a combined $30 million. In the 2019-20…

Backgrounder

Education

Education Opportunity Accounts in Practice

• February 10, 2022

Key Points Education Opportunity Accounts (EOAs) are transformative, flexible-use accounts funded by state tax dollars.Program Administration: The Pennsylvania Treasury is the ideal administrator at the state level and may contract…

Backgrounder

Excellent Education for All Act Summary

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 22, 2021

The Excellent Education for All Act (House Bill 1) is a transformative plan that ensures more Pennsylvania children have access to an excellent education.

Fact Sheet

Education

School Funding Myth Busters

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 23, 2021

In the face of uncertainly due to COVID in 2020, state lawmakers flat-funded education for the 2020–21 school year. Districts also received about $6 billion in additional funding via three…

Fact Sheet

Education

Excellence in Education for All Act Summary

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 17, 2021

What is the Excellence in Education for All Act? The Excellence in Education for All Act (Senate Bill 1) is an exciting bill that seeks to ensure more Pennsylvania…

Fact Sheet

The Untapped Potential of Expanded Tax Credit Scholarships

• Marc LeBlond
• June 14, 2021

This study reviews the most rigorous evidence on school choice and student outcomes in the United States and estimates the economic impacts of expanding access to Pennsylvania’s K-12 tax credit…

Report

State Budget

Opportunity Finds a Way

• Marc LeBlond
• March 11, 2021

The 2018-19 budget increased EITC by $25 million, providing an additional 8,000 student scholarships. Each child deserves an exceptional education—one that fits their unique gifts and talents. Parents should have…

Fact Sheet

Op-ed: 3 steps to ensure that Pa.’s private and Catholic school students can go back to class

• Charles Mitchell
• August 4, 2020

Considering there are 50,000 private school kids in the Philadelphia region, and 200,000 in Pennsylvania, the implications of children in private schools going back to public schools is staggering. Private schools save…

Commentary

Education

New Education Polling Results!

• Colleen Hroncich
• May 8, 2020

Learn what likely voters throughout Pennsylvania think about schooling preferences, educational choice, school funding, and more in the Pennsylvania K-12 & School Choice Survey.

Commentary