Education

Thinking About Homeschooling? Here are 5 Things to Know

  • Colleen Hroncich
  • June 30, 2020

Homeschool mom and education expert Colleen Hroncich answers the five most frequently asked questions she gets from parents starting—or considering starting—homeschool.   I never wanted to homeschool – what should…

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Education

Top 5 Questions about Homeschooling

  • Colleen Hroncich
  • April 9, 2020

We're suddenly homeschoolers—what now? How do I handle educating kids of various ages? What resources are available? We've got the answers you're looking for! …

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Public Union Democracy

One Marshamallow Now or Taxpayer Relief Later?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 27, 2013

What do preschoolers with marshmallows and Pennsylvania’s pension crisis have in common? Both demonstrate a failure to delay gratification. Dr. Joseph Horton at Grove City College compares Pennsylvania’s pension…

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Education

Big Government and the Higher Education Bubble

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 30, 2012

This past weekend I participated with some middleschoolers in a 30 hour famine to raise money for starving families. As we discussed poverty and debt the leader motioned to me…

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Education

Pennsylvania Higher Education Spending

  • April 2, 2012

Pennsylvania taxpayers subsidize higher education through appropriations to 14 state-owned universities (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, or PASSHE), four state-related universities (Penn State, Pittsburgh, Temple, and Lincoln), community colleges,…

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Education

Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying at Pitt

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 8, 2011

A reader shared the letter below from the University of Pittsburgh. It urges all parents and students to contact their state legislators and protest higher education cuts in the proposed…

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Education

Understanding Real vs. “Sticker Price” Tuition

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 25, 2011

A common misconception in debating higher education funding is that the posted rate of tuition, or “sticker price,” is what students actually pay. This is exemplified in a commentary…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvanians Have Good Reasons to Oppose Higher Fuel Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 30, 2010

Grove City College economist Tracy Miller explains why Pennsylvania drivers are resistant to a higher gasoline tax. In contrast to prior periods when the tax was viewed as a…

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Taxes & Economy

How Government Hinders Job Creation

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 18, 2010

Economist Mark Hendrickson has a good piece for The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College explaining why federal policies aimed at “creating jobs” or even helping workers…

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