Criminal Justice Reform

Pennsylvania Prison Postponed, Pork Prolonged

• February 18, 2011

Yesterday, Gov. Corbett cancelled a planned prison construction project in Fayette County, estimated to cost taxpayers $200 million. In January, Auditor General Wagner called for a halt on…

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Education

School Choice: Questions & Answers

• February 17, 2011

The Pennsylvania School Board Association is circulating "Questions about vouchers your legislator should be asking." Others have legitimate questions and concerns. This Policy Brief answers them all.

Fact Sheet

Education

15 School Choice Myths

• February 16, 2011

In an attempt to thwart efforts to give children better educational opportunities, the public school establishment is trying to divert the attention of policymakers through a series of oft-repeated myths…

Fact Sheet

Education

Rescuing Children from Failing Schools

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 16, 2011

Chairman Piccola, and members of the Senate Education Committee, thank you for the invitation to testify today on Senate Bill 1. I’m Matt Brouillette, president of the Commonwealth…

Testimony

Public School Board Members for School Choice

• February 15, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA (02.15.2011) – As children continue to be trapped in failing schools, despite massive increases in taxpayer funding, public school board members-past and present-are forming “Public School Board Members…

Press Release

Regulation

Impacts of Liquor Privatization

• Nathan Benefield
• February 14, 2011

Remarks by Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research, Commonwealth Foundation Good afternoon. I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation. We are a nonprofit, independent public…

Testimony

Education

School Daze Ends with Choice

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 9, 2011

If Pennsylvania's public schools are broken, why don't we just fix them? Easier said than done, of course, but it's not from a lack of trying. For decades, taxpayers, parents…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

A Tax by Any Name Should Still Smell Defeat

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 7, 2011

State Senator Gene Yaw is pitching a new natural gas tax. The idea is to allow local communities to include the value of natural gas in property tax assessments,…

Media

You Know That There is Something Wrong with the Education System if?

• January 28, 2011

You’re willing to risk going to jail in order to send your child to a better school. A national story out of Ohio that broke earlier this week has the…

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