Regulation

‘Buzzkill’ School Boards Are Canceling Halloween

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • October 24, 2022

Originally published at The Philadelphia Inquirer Earlier this month, the Lower Merion school board canceled the district’s Halloween parades — ending a tradition that’s been around for more…

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Education

What Shapiro and Mastriano share in common

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • October 10, 2022

Originally published at The Philadelphia Inquirer The outsize personalities in the Senate race are taking up the oxygen from Pennsylvania’s more mundane gubernatorial race — and that’s a problem.

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Education

The teacher shortage isn’t the real issue with Philly schools

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • September 26, 2022

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer Daniel Nansi always dreamed that his daughter would go to school in America — until he landed in Philadelphia. Originally from Benin, a…

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Pa.’s telemedicine waivers create confusion

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • August 29, 2022

Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer April Hynes of Bucks County was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in August 2020. In what feels like a previous life…

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Education

Why parents are choosing Black-led charter schools

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • August 22, 2022

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer For years, Black parents in Philadelphia have been pulling their kids out of traditional public schools and enrolling them in charters. As of…

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The Inflation Reduction Act Won’t Reduce Inflation

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • August 15, 2022

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer If you think inflation is sufficiently painful, gird your loins. The Biden administration is about to foist the “Inflation Reduction Act” upon us.

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Energy

What Democrats get wrong about climate change

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • August 8, 2022

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer Dear Democrats: On the environment, you need to win over people like me. You’re concerned about climate change. It’s one of your defining…

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