Education

Education Tax Credits work.

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • September 25, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty Students are learning. Parents are grateful. Donors are seeing the benefits. And Pennsylvania taxpayers are saving money today — and tomorrow. (Over $1…

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Education

Pennsylvania’s Education Tax Credit Scholarships: How EITC Serves Children and Families in the Commonwealth

  • Rachel Langan
  • September 17, 2024

Key Findings Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) are state tax credit programs that give thousands of low- to middle- income students access to…

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Education

S2: E7 Featuring Education Entrepreneur Kerry McDonald

  • David P. Hardy
  • September 11, 2024

In Season 2’s seventh episode, School Choice Report host David Hardy is joined by Kerry McDonald, Senior Fellow at Foundation for Economic Education. Together they discuss the benefits and challenges…

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Taxes & Economy

Josh Shapiro Can Now Focus on Leading Pennsylvania

  • August 13, 2024

Harrisburg, Pa., August 13, 2024 — Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate should have Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro asking himself, why Walz, writes Commonwealth…

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Education

S2: E6 Featuring CEO of ACE Scholarships Norton Rainey

  • August 5, 2024

In this episode of the School Choice Report podcast, host David Hardy is joined by Norton Rainey, CEO of ACE Scholarships, based in Denver, Colorado. ACE Scholarships is dedicated to…

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State Budget

Why is Gov. Shapiro Afraid of His Own Campaign Promises?

  • July 24, 2024

HARRISBURG, PA., July 24, 2024 — At a press conference Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the Commonwealth Foundation has “spent years and millions and millions of dollars attacking me.” Shapiro’s…

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Education

Broken promises

  • David P. Hardy
  • July 18, 2024

Originally published at the Philadelphia Inquirer The Inquirer left someone out in its coverage of the “winners and losers” of the new state budget: kids in Pennsylvania’s low-achieving…

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Education

Shapiro Failed on School Choice—Again. There’s Hope Despite Him

  • Charles Mitchell
  • July 18, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The state budget is finally done, but Pennsylvania families should be angry. That’s the most important takeaway from the budget that Gov. Josh Shapiro and…

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