Education

Low-Achieving and Violent Public Schools in Pennsylvania

  • October 30, 2025

Overview Students attending low-achieving public schools experience violence at nearly twice the rate of students attending higher-achieving schools and are more likely to experience violence involving a weapon.

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Education

Rethinking School District Reserve Funds as Students Return to Class

  • Rachel Langan
  • August 25, 2025

Pennsylvania must focus on funding students. Overview After years of property tax hikes and significant increases in state funding, Pennsylvania school districts ended the 2023–24 school year with more than…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage 

  • August 5, 2025

Summary Findings by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) show that less than one percent of Pennsylvania workers (47,200) earn the minimum wage or…

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Education

Persistently Dangerous Pennsylvania Public Schools

  • Rachel Langan
  • August 4, 2025

Calculating danger based only on arrests ignores student safety. Overview New analysis by the Commonwealth Foundation shows that Pennsylvania violates state and federal law by failing to identify persistently dangerous…

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Education

Educational Choice Myth and Facts 2025

  • May 21, 2025

Summary Unfortunately, conversations about education choice are fraught with myths about accountability, funding, and who qualifies for choice programs. This fact sheet addresses the most common myths. Academic Accountability MYTH:School…

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Education

Pennsylvania School Funding Reaches $23,000 per Student in 2024

  • May 15, 2025

Pennsylvania Public School Spending is Growing Public school spending reaches historic levels year after year. Pennsylvania public school revenue per student increased to $23,061 in the 2023-24 school year, up…

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Education

New Polling Shows Pennsylvanians Want School Choice 

  • April 25, 2025

Nationwide, people continue to demand better academic opportunities for students and programs that allow funding to follow the child.  This is especially true in Pennsylvania.  New…

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Education

2025 State of Education Spending in Pennsylvania

  • January 22, 2025

Overview The national trends impacting education in Pennsylvania in 2025 include an impending fiscal cliff, under-enrolled schools, and population decline, all of which lead to school closures…

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