Education

Education Choice Boosts Higher Ed Enrollment

  • Marc LeBlond
  • March 7, 2018

Recent studies on voucher programs in Milwaukee, Washington, DC, and Florida once again demonstrate education choice benefits families and taxpayers. Milwaukee A longitudinal study—which tracks individual students over long…

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Can School Choice Reduce Crime?

  • July 14, 2017

We know different parents have different preferences regarding how their children are educated. Some may place an emphasis on standardized test scores, while others want certain moral or religious values.

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5 Fixes for Property Tax Fires

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 25, 2012

Yesterday, I testified before the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reform, presenting on the best tax policy to finance government operations, and on…

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Approaches to Property Tax Reform

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 24, 2012

Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield to the Pennsylvania House Select Committee on Property Tax Reform Good morning, my name is Nathan Benefield; I am the director of policy analysis for…

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School Choice in Milwaukee Increases Graduation Rates

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 27, 2012

The latest analysis of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program finds that students receiving scholarships to attend the school of their choice are more likely to graduate from high…

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The Cost of Pennsylvania’s Education Failures

  • December 13, 2011

Lawmakers are considering providing school choice to low-income children trapped in violent and failing schools. While some lawmakers are concerned about the cost of school vouchers, the cost of educational…

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Improving Public Education…Through School Choice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 28, 2011

Here is a letter to the editor I submitted to the Pocono Record, correcting the record on school choice: Your editorial, “Support your public schools” bashes school choice…

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Facts vs. Silly Rhetoric on School Choice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 26, 2011

Tonight, I am speaking at a forum on school choice, and wanted to find some absurd, outlandish, and easily refuted claims from school choice opponents to lead with. Thanks…

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Yes, Vouchers DO Improve Student Learning

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 8, 2011

The Philadelphia Inquirer today reports on a “study”—from a group dedicated to protecting the educational status quo and led by a partisan staffer—that claims that school vouchers have…

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