Education

This Graduation Season, Let’s Not Forget the Students Left Behind

• Giana DePaul
• May 24, 2026

Originally published by Pottstown Mercury. In a few weeks’ time, I’ll be sitting on hot metal bleachers, sweating from the sweltering June sun, watching my oldest nephew graduate from high…

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Shapiro’s Betrayal

• Common Sense Weekly
• April 9, 2025

Welcome to Common Sense Weekly! This is the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.We have a new X handle! Follow @MyCommonwealth…

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Education

Stefano: Can Cherelle Parker deliver justice for Philly kids?

• January 17, 2024

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Commonwealth Foundation Executive Vice President Jennifer Stefano wrote in her column this week that Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker can be a force to help enact school choice policies,…

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Education

Gov. Shapiro and Pa. lawmakers can address absenteeism, violence by giving kids a lifeline

• Jennifer Stefano
• June 20, 2023

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. is right: For students within the Philadelphia School District, attendance is a life-and-death issue,…

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Op-Ed: I Might Pull My Kids From Public School This Fall For Teaching Them Racism

• Jennifer Stefano
• July 8, 2021

My kids attend one of the highest-rated public school systems in Pennsylvania. I may not be sending them back because of critical race theory.

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Faces of Education Reform

• June 28, 2021

Tax credit scholarships change lives. Read the stories.

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The Reckoning: Before Privilege, Check Your Results

• Jennifer Stefano
• July 17, 2020

It’s time for action, not photo ops. America is at her best when we forge unity through difficult times. But if we believe every life has value and that all…

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