Reforming Teachers Unions from Within

  • August 6, 2013

I am a special educator because I wanted to teach students who learn differently that they can be successful in school, both academically and socially. I did not become a…

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Government Accountability

New Video: CF President on FOX Business

  • August 5, 2013

This morning, CF President & CEO Matthew Brouillette appeared on FOX Business’s Varney & Co. to highlight the public pension crisis facing Pennsylvania and cities and states across the…

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Regulation

Copycat Union Letters Repeat Pension Myths

  • Priya Brannick
  • August 5, 2013

In July, a commentary by Matt Brouillette on why pension reform failed in our state legislature ran in several newspapers across Pennsylvania. Now response letters from teachers have been…

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Dissolution Of Detroit Is A National Teaching Moment

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • August 2, 2013

Detroit's bankruptcy has sparked soul-searching and hand-wringing among the financial and political classes. But such distress won't be limited to Detroit for long. Cities and states across our great nation…

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Education

PSEA’s Political Cartoon Targets Corbett, Belittles Teachers

  • August 1, 2013

This perspective was written by Steve Calabro, a cyber charter school educator in Pennsylvania. This latest political email alert from the Pennsylvania State Education Association—using union dues, I might add—is…

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Regulation

Liquor Privatization Saves Lives?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 22, 2013

A little more than one year ago, Washington state privatized its liquor stores (and liquor wholesale operations). As we’ve noted before, both sales and tax revenue increased under privatization.

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