Op-Ed: With $7 Billion to Spend, Lawmakers Must Avoid Past Mistakes

  • June 16, 2021

The lesson is clear. If politicians use federal stimulus money to expand existing programs, their successors will face intense political pressure to make those spending increases permanent, compounding our structural…

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Op-Ed: More school choice means fewer lotteries

  • Stephen Bloom
  • June 16, 2021

SB 1 also includes an important provision to increase the availability of charter schools. Pennsylvania law currently places school districts in charge of charter school authorization. Unsurprisingly, districts often reject…

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Op-Ed: Students will suffer under Wolf’s latest charter attack

  • Colleen Hroncich
  • June 9, 2021

Targeting charter schools under the guise of fiscal responsibility is the latest attempt by the Wolf Administration to limit school choice for families. After the struggles of the past year,…

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Op-Ed: Voters can restore checks and balances in Pa.

  • Kevin Mooney
  • May 12, 2021

On May 18, Pennsylvania voters will have the opportunity to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that has enabled the governor to repeatedly extend emergency declarations without legislative input.

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Op-Ed: For real attacks on democracy, look to Pennsylvania

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • May 11, 2021

On May 18, two amendments will be on Pennsylvania’s primary ballot. One limits emergency declarations to 21 days and requires legislative approval for any extension. The other allows the legislature…

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