Education
Lifeline (PASS) Scholarship Program
Overview Lifeline Scholarships, also known as the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS) program, would offer an Education Opportunity Account (EOA) to any student residing in a school ranked in…
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Lifeline Scholarship Program
Overview Lifeline Scholarships (Senate Bill 795 and House Bill 1432) offer an Education Opportunity Account (EOA) to students residing in a school ranked in the bottom 15 percent…
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Education Opportunity Accounts in Practice
Key Points Education Opportunity Accounts (EOAs) are transformative, flexible-use accounts funded by state tax dollars.Program Administration: The Pennsylvania Treasury is the ideal administrator at the state level and may contract…
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Op-Ed: Education Innovation Needed Now More than Ever
Programs like tax credit scholarships and education scholarship accounts (ESAs) empower families to choose the education options that fit their needs. They help parents afford to look beyond the government-run system to…
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Pa. Leads the Nation in Teacher Strikes
This report compares Pennsylvania's strike laws to other states, and highlights the impact on teachers and students.
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Improving Medicaid through Work & Community Engagement
For the first time, the federal government is allowing states to require recipients to pursue work, education, or community engagement to maintain Medicaid benefits. With wide support in Pennsylvania, this…
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Meet Lenny McAllister
Lenny McAllister joined CF in early 2017 as the first director of entrepreneur engagement in western Pennsylvania. Recently, CF Vice President Jennifer Stefano sat down with Lenny to discuss his…
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Meet Lenny McAllister
Lenny McAllister joined CF in early 2017 as the first director of entrepreneur engagement in western Pennsylvania. Recently, CF Vice President Jennifer Stefano sat down with Lenny to discuss his…
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Soundbites
Charter schools, “are public schools that are operate outside of the school district infrastructure…They’re given a degree of autonomy and freedom in exchange for accountability."…
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