Education

Schools failing, but don’t give students choices

• Nathan Benefield
• September 4, 2008

Tribune-Review article highlights chronically failing schools in the Pittsburgh area (see our report on school perfomance for more how schools are doing), and the No Child Left Behind mandate…

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Education

A Real Pennsylvania School “Report Card”

• August 21, 2008

New report offers more accurate measure of education achievement HARRISBURG, PA — Today, the Commonwealth Foundation released A Pennsylvania School Report Card: How the Commonwealth’s Public Schools Stack Up to…

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Taxes & Economy

What are “purely conservative principles”?

• Nathan Benefield
• April 15, 2008

Michael Smerconish comments on the “blueing” of the Philadelphia suburbs (HT: Grassroots PA). Smerconish dismisses the idea that residents are fleeing Philadelphia for the suburbs, noting that…

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Did Thornburgh really call for “moderation”?

• Nathan Benefield
• October 26, 2007

The most recent Madonna and Young Political Uncorrected commentary claims that former Gov. Dick Thornburgh’s congressional testimony wasn’t about defending his client Cyril Wecht, who is under indictment…

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A Law Best Left Behind

• Nathan Benefield
• September 28, 2007

Wall Street Journal looks at the No Child Left Behind Act – facing reauthorization – noting how the adminstration has not enforced or pushed the school choice provision. Under…

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Money Can’t Buy ‘em Learning

• Nathan Benefield
• November 21, 2006

Andrew Coulson on over-spending and under-performing public schools. Coulson writes: So private schools get by with thousands of dollars less per pupil annually than the supposedly underfunded government system,…

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Education

Is Our Kids Learning?

• Nathan Benefield
• October 2, 2006

Following multiple reports on student test scores, much has been made about how well Pennsylvania students are performing. In August, Governor Rendell delighted in the results from the PSSA—the state’s…

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Education

New York Times Editorial Uses Faulty Data To Slam Charter Schools

• May 10, 2006

News release from the Center for Education Reform… New York Times Editorial Uses Faulty Data To Slam Charter Schools Washington, D.C., May 10, 2006 – The New York Times in…

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Education

Is the NEA Really a NUT?

• July 26, 2005

Is the NEA really a NUT? By asking, I’m not casting aspersions on the National Education Association’s sanity, just on its choice of name. The NEA’s British counterpart really is…

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