Education

Pennsylvania’s Failing, Violent Schools

• October 18, 2011

Nearly 82,000 children are enrolled in the 141 public schools with available data on violence in Pennsylvania's lowest-performing 5 percent on student proficiency. These schools reported more than 4,500 violent…

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Education

Academic Achievement Stagnates

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 4, 2011

Pennsylvania students are not making much academic progress according to 2011 PSSA test results. The Patriot-News reports small gains were not enough to keep some central Pennsylvania school districts…

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Education

Green Light More Education Tax Credits

• Matthew Brouillette
• August 24, 2011

Would you ever give a green light or a hard-earned nickel to a business model that showed it was going to hire more staff to service fewer customers by doubling…

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Education

Texas vs. Pennsylvania on Educational Performance

• Nathan Benefield
• August 17, 2011

At a hearing yesterday on right-to-work legislation, a number of testifiers remarked on the substantially greater job growth in right-to-work states, on the fact residents are moving from…

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Education

This is Educational Accountability?

• Nathan Benefield
• August 16, 2011

At a recent Pennsylvania House Education Committee hearing, lawmakers questioned whether a proposed voucher program would provide “accountability”.  Indeed, they want to be sure that these schools have the…

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Education

Father Knows Best for Son

• June 22, 2011

Yesterday, we shared the story of Joy Herbert, a heavily involved parent of son, Anthony, 17, a former ‘A' student who was forced to drop out of school due violence. …

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Education

Philadelphia Public Schools Among Worst in Nation

• June 22, 2011

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which compares educational performance across all 50 states and major cities, Philadelphia public schools compare poorly, even to other large urban…

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Education

How Taxpayers are Funding Big Labor’s Education Failures

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• June 16, 2011

More than $92 million in taxpayer dollars for public education is being funneled through school districts back to these special interest groups, including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and…

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Pennsylvania Education Spending

• April 22, 2011

K-12 public education spending has dramatically increased in Pennsylvania.  Pennsylvania's education spending increased from $4 billion in 1980 to more than $25 billion in 2009—a 133% increase in per-student spending,…

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