Education

State House Democrats need to do their jobs

• Stephen Bloom
• September 22, 2023

Originally published at LNP Lawmakers have one job: Work for the people they represent. This job requirement is as old as Pennsylvania when William Penn founded the Provincial Assembly…

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Liberty is the only good we all truly share in common

• Elizabeth Stelle
• November 6, 2022

Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On election day, we focus on our differences, but at the core of the American experience is one unifying idea: That all people…

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Education

Commonwealth Foundation Files Amicus Brief in Education Funding Lawsuit

• January 19, 2022

January 19, 2022, Harrisburg, Pa. — The Commonwealth Foundation has filed an amicus brief in an ongoing lawsuit over how Pennsylvania funds public schools. The brief argues, contrary to the plaintiffs’ depiction,…

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Education

School Funding Myth Busters

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 23, 2021

In the face of uncertainly due to COVID in 2020, state lawmakers flat-funded education for the 2020–21 school year. Districts also received about $6 billion in additional funding via three…

Fact Sheet

Op-Ed: Society of Woke

• Michael Torres
• April 8, 2021

In Greater Philadelphia, Quaker schools betray their historical values.

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Regulation

Cigarette Taxes Target the Poor

• Tirzah Duren
• August 12, 2019

The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, believed strong liberty of conscience was essential to a flourishing society. But Pennsylvania’s current slough of sin taxes shrug off Penn’s warning. Pennsylvania’s sin…

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Education

Corbett’s Case for School Choice

• May 10, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett delivered the following speech at the American Federation for Children conference at the Washington Marriott in Washington D.C. on Monday, May 9, 2011. What isn’t working about public…

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Taxes & Economy

Some truth in advertising, please!

• September 21, 2004

As visitors to Harrisburg approach the State Capitol, they'll likely notice a number of quotations from luminaries of Pennsylvania history--including William Penn and Benjamin Franklin--testifying to the virtue of liberty.

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