Education

Concentrating Resources on Failing Systems Instead of Students

• Stefanie Mason
• July 20, 2021

The 2021-22 budget has the largest state education funding increase in Pennsylvania history despite public schools receiving over $6.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds. The funding increase includes a…

Fact Sheet

Op-Ed: To fix Philadelphia’s “bad cops” problem, end special privileges for unions

• Jessica Barnett
• September 9, 2020

Reforms that expose the current system will usher in the transparency and accountability needed to reestablish the trust upon which public safety depends.

Commentary

Criminal Justice Reform

Crime Declines as Pa. Passes Criminal Justice Reforms

• Jessica Barnett
• December 30, 2019

Responsible, smart reforms are paying dividends in Pennsylvania’s correction system—and recently passed reforms aim to build upon this success. The state Department of Corrections released a statement and…

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Education

Harrisburg Children One Step Closer to the Quality Education They Deserve

• November 19, 2019

Financial mismanagement. Student violence. State receivership. FBI investigation. These are the headlines Harrisburg families have been confronting for years—even decades. That's why the House Education Committee advanced legislation, HB 1800, sponsored…

Press Release

Education

Tuition Scholarships for Harrisburg

• Elizabeth Stelle, Marc LeBlond
• November 14, 2019

With HB 1800, Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) wants to give parents the ability to escape Harrisburg schools without a permission slip from local officials.

Fact Sheet

Education

A Fair, Accountable, and Transparent Education

• Colleen Hroncich, Marc LeBlond
• September 16, 2019

What are the facts on fairness, accountability, and transparency in the Commonwealth’s education system?…

Fact Sheet

Criminal Justice Reform

An Overview of Justice Reinvestment Initiative II

• March 28, 2019

JRI II seeks to address high corrections spending, insufficient support for county probation, and inadequate pretrial and sentencing guidance. The result: fair and effective punishments that equip people for life after…

Fact Sheet

Education

Michael Scott Wasn’t the Only Bad Manager in Scranton

• January 23, 2019

It’s been five years since the television show The Office ended, and Scranton is making headlines again. No, not because Michael Scott had an insensitive diversity training, nor because Ryan…

Media

Government Accountability

Transparency is the Antidote to Quid Pro Quo Politics

• August 24, 2015

Did Attorney General Kathleen Kane promise a sweetheart deal to union leaders in exchange for support of her controversial chief of staff? According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, enough evidence exists to…

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