Public Union Democracy

PSEA: Sampling the Best of PA on Your Tab

• December 16, 2008

The Department of Labor recently added 2008 Union LM2 records to its website. A perusal of PSEA’s LM2 (file number: 512989) reveals that the state’s largest teacher union continues…

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Education

The Harriet Tubman of School Choice

• Nathan Benefield
• September 11, 2008

I’m in Phoenix for a conference of state think tanks and (with panels on education reform today), so I won’t be blogging much over the next few days. I will…

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Education

For Autism, Try Vouchers, Not Mandates

• Nathan Benefield
• July 11, 2008

John LaPlante points out on SPN Blog that instead of health care mandates, autism advocates should be pointing to tax credits or scholarships for autistic children. As opposed to…

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Education

The teachers’ union still hates school choice

• Nathan Benefield
• April 22, 2008

The head of the PSEA, the largest teacher union in the state, takes me to task for in a letter to the editor for proposing “private school vouchers” as…

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Education

The School Choice Gold Standard

• Nathan Benefield
• February 15, 2008

The Friedman Foundation has a new report grading the various scholarship, voucher, and tax credit programs across the US on three categories – student restrictions (how many students can…

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Taxes & Economy

U.S. Map of Religions

• Nathan Benefield
• January 19, 2008

This map of most common religious denomination by county from Mark Perry’s blog is fascinating. Only a smattering of counties have a majority of one religion/denomination (with clushers…

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A Voucher Defeat in Utah

• Nathan Benefield
• November 8, 2007

Adam Schaeffer in the Wall Street Journal on why tax credits are a better tool for providing school choice than vouchers.

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Utah enacts school vouchers

• Nathan Benefield
• February 13, 2007

Utah Governor Huntsman signed into law the first statewide school voucher program open to virtually all students. Scholarship value would vary based on family income.

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Education

Unions Win: Florida Supreme Court Rules Against School Choice

• January 5, 2006

News release from the Institute for Justice…. Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down School Choice Washington, D.C.-In a major blow to education reform in Florida, the Florida Supreme Court today struck…

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