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Education Landscape in Pennsylvania
Overview There are approximately two million school-age children in the commonwealth. Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) 2025–26 enrollment reports show 73.5 percent attend their assigned district…
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Educational Choice Changes Lives [PODCAST]
Tens of thousands of Pennsylvania families are still waiting for access to a better education. In this episode of Freedom Rising, Andrew Lewis sits down with Pennsylvania Rep. Martina…
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What Are You Waiting for, Gov. Shapiro?
Originally published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It will cost the state more not to support the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program than it will to…
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Education Tax Credits Deliver Over 100,000 Scholarships, Yet Waitlists Remain
Summary For the first time since inception, Pennsylvania scholarship organizations awarded over 100,000 scholarships during the 2023–24 school year through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax…
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Commonwealth Foundation Joins Education Secretary McMahon to Advance Educational Freedom in Pennsylvania
Last Friday, the Commonwealth Foundation joined national and state leaders under the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg to deliver a straightforward message: Gov. Josh Shapiro must opt in to the new…
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The Case for Pennsylvania Tax-Credit Scholarships
Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Tax-credit scholarships are vital to Pennsylvania students and families. But they could help even more kids if lawmakers in Harrisburg got out…
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[MEDIA] Megan Martin Talks State Budget on PCN’s ‘Capitol Watch’
In February, Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a $53.26 billion budget that will worsen the state’s deficit to over $6.5 billion while failing to address key issues like educational choice and…
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Don’t Be Fooled by Shapiro—Six Times the Governor Pranked Pennsylvanians
April Fools’ Day is an annual reminder that you can’t believe everything you see or hear. Pranksters unleash a bevy of practical jokes, from Taco Bell claiming it bought…
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New Philly Schools Report Shows Increased Spending on Staff, Declining Enrollment, and Worse Academic Outcomes
In March, with no fanfare, the School District of Philadelphia posted its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The new report shows that, despite record-level spending, district…
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