Education

Fight for Education Equality Marches On

• Lenny McAllister
• April 12, 2019

Education equality has been the civil rights issue during each unique chapter in America’s story—including today. Empowering parents with school choice options is a key step along our march for justice.

Commentary

Crucial Reform Needed from Harrisburg as Tax Day Approaches

• April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019, Harrisburg, Pa.—Tax Day may be April 15th, but Americans will be working one more day before they’ve earned enough to pay their national, state, and local tax…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania, Let’s Make our Taxes an Investment

• Jessica Barnett
• April 8, 2019

What do we get for our taxes in Pennsylvania? The question is rarely asked—because the answer is just too painful. But as Tax Day approaches, it's time for taxpayers to…

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Taxes & Economy

First Do No Harm to Pa.’s Energy Sector

• Gordon Tomb
• March 7, 2019

Pennsylvania’s energy industry is growing, but state government intervention through new taxes or special interest bailouts would threaten the positive trends of job growth and low energy prices. Pennsylvania ranked…

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Tax Credit Scholarships Change Lives

• February 24, 2019

I want to paint a picture for you about where I came from. And how a great education changed my life. I grew up in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood in…

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Public Union Democracy

Despite Obstacles to Resignation, Union Rolls Decline

• February 21, 2019

Imagine having to pay a middleman just to keep your job. More than 5 million government workers in America had to do just that—until last June, when the Supreme Court…

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Education

A Better Tool for Student Opportunity

• Colleen Hroncich
• February 12, 2019

As the 2019 legislative session begins, lawmakers need to look beyond talking points and get to the root of problems with education. As Pennsylvania illustrates, more money does not guarantee…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Can Criminal Justice Reform Unite America?

• Charles Mitchell
• February 5, 2019

The following op-ed first appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Are partisan division and political bickering unavoidable in American politics? The headlines make it seem so, but it’s not true.

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Education

Keep Moving Forward: Philly Students Celebrate Choice

• Marc LeBlond
• February 1, 2019

Last week the nation celebrated school choice, with thousands of student-centered events taking place across the United States. On Wednesday, hundreds of yellow-scarved, sign-bearing students from the Philly area…

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