Health Care

“Free” Medicaid Money Equals More Debt

Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
October 31, 2013

In trying to persuade states to expand Medicaid, Obamacare advocates are using enough scare tactics to fill a haunted house. From threatening to discontinue Gross Receipt taxes to…

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Education

The Lost Year: How Seniority Harms Teachers and Kids

Priya Brannick
October 29, 2013

Rep. Vanessa Brown (D-Phila.) knows what it’s like to lose a good school teacher. For her son, it was nearly a matter of life and death. For years, Brown has…

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Education

Cyber School Centers Embrace Community Values

Jessica Barnett
October 24, 2013

Cyber schools have been falsely maligned as impersonal and anti-social environments for learning, but the truth is far different. Case in point: Achievement House Cyber Charter School is bringing blended…

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Teachers on Union Exploitation, Podcast Part 1

October 24, 2013

Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs. Keith teaches high school English in Conewago Valley School District in Adams…

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Health Care

I Can’t Keep My Health Care Plan

October 23, 2013

“If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” That was President Obama’s promise to Americans. He broke it. I buy my own health insurance—I…

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Education

Podcast: Teachers on Union Exploitation – Part 2

October 22, 2013

Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs. They, and many teachers across the state, are fed up with Pennsylvania’s unfair…

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Education

Voters Support Education Reform

Nathan Benefield
October 22, 2013

Pennsylvania parents and voters want education reform. A new poll from StudentsFirst shows that Pennsylvania families strongly support educational reforms, including incentives for high performing teachers (74 percent support),…

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Public Union Democracy

Time to End Union Violence

Priya Brannick
October 21, 2013

Did you know that it’s illegal to stalk, harass, or threaten to use violence (and yes, weapons of mass destruction) in Pennsylvania…except if you’re a labor union (or management) in…

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Public Union Democracy

Mail Bag: Union Political Spending

October 16, 2013

Several readers, in response to Nate’s op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote us claiming “Union dues can’t fund politics.” But that’s just not true. How do we know this?…

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