Archive: 2011

Education

PSEA Ignores Children’s Cries for Help, Facts

• Priya Brannick
• December 6, 2011

Following the Commonwealth Foundation’s press conference with legislators highlighting how one violent act occurs every 17 minutes in Pennsylvania’s worst-performing schools, the Pennsylvania State Education Association retorted: “In…

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Education

Dear Reluctant Rural Republican…

• Charles Mitchell
• December 6, 2011

A friend just forwarded me some objections offered by a Republican member of the House of Representatives from a rural area who’s reluctant to support a comprehensive school choice bill…

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Rendell employer gets state contract

• December 6, 2011

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School choice advocates lobby Legislature to support bill

• December 6, 2011

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Education

Chart of the Day: Public School Enrollment vs Staff

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• December 5, 2011

One of the drivers of education spending is an increase in staff sizes while enrollment has declined. Data from the PA Department of Education indicates that from 1999-2000 to…

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Corbett-appointed panel looks at Pa. liquor sales

• December 4, 2011

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Education

Radical Reform Required…Now!

• Charles Mitchell
• December 2, 2011

My friend Nick Pandelidis, a physician and entrepreneur in York, has published an excellent piece on school choice in the York Daily Record.  After recounting much data, he concludes:…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Shale Drilling Equals Affordable Energy

• December 1, 2011

As the Intelligencer Journal reports, Marcellus Shale drilling is the reason UGI Utilities is dropping natural gas rates by 13.5 percent, providing significant savings for the 15 counties…

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PLCB: Shhhhhh, Innovation Elves at Work

• December 1, 2011

Season’s greetings, comrades, and welcome to the PLCB North Pole (see Pennsylvania Perestroika Palace) where cutting-edge innovation and creativity are at a fever pitch these days.    But unlike…

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