Education

Will the “Year of School Choice” Come to PA?

• Charles Mitchell
• July 5, 2011

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an editorial that begins as follows: School may be out for the summer, but school choice is in, as states across the nation…

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More Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying from School Districts

• Priya Brannick
• June 28, 2011

Public schools complain of underfunding, yet they are spending your tax dollars to lobby for more funding and against school choice, as property taxes skyrocket. The latest salvo comes from…

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Children Can’t Wait for PSEA to “Fix” Violent, Failing Schools

• Matthew Brouillette
• June 16, 2011

The PSEA sent a memo to the House of Representatives discouraging legislators from sponsoring legislation that would throw lifelines to children in violent, failing schools.  I also sent the following…

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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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Oh Yeah, Those Guys

• Nathan Benefield
• May 26, 2011

My letter to the Philadelphia Daily News: Will Bunch’s recent article identifies wealthy Americans who are voluntary donating their money to push greater school choice.  Bunch fails…

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Pennsylvania Union PAC Spending Topped $23 Million in 2010

• May 20, 2011

“Money in politics” is a popular topic of discussion; case in point: a study that executives and employees of natural gas companies gave over $2 million to Pennsylvania candidates…

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Education

The Governor is Right and the Union Bosses are Wrong

• Charles Mitchell
• May 11, 2011

I’m in Pittsburgh today, but I can hear the shouting in Harrisburg from here:  Union bosses are hopping mad at Gov. Tom Corbett for calling them out in his…

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Senate Passes Furlough Bill, but Keeps “Last In First Out”

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 11, 2011

Today, the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 612 by a 38-12 count. The bill, sponsored by Senator Folmer, would give school districts the ability to furlough teachers and other school…

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Voice for School Choice finds New Site

• April 29, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA  | The Commonwealth Foundation launched today the Stand Strong Senator project in response to the wave of aggressive and special interest lobbying led by the Pennsylvania State Education…

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