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Standing Up for Students: Jamie Walker

• July 9, 2021

Jamie Walker didn’t mean to become an activist, but now that she’s gotten a taste of what an informed and involved citizen can do, she isn’t ready to stop. Her…

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Op-Ed: I Might Pull My Kids From Public School This Fall For Teaching Them Racism

• Jennifer Stefano
• July 8, 2021

My kids attend one of the highest-rated public school systems in Pennsylvania. I may not be sending them back because of critical race theory.

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Op-Ed: Delusions of Progressive ‘Resistance’ in PA’s Heartland

• Andrew Cuff
• July 7, 2021

On guns, law and order, family values, and education, the county isn’t a great fit for progressive activists or the elite millionaires who fund them. But post-Trump, such a conservative…

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Don Kirkland, Sr.

• July 6, 2021

What actions can you take now to ensure the values you cherish endure for generations? Leaving a legacy is something deeply rooted in the Kirkland family. Their business, Marine Equipment…

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Don Kirkland, Sr.

• July 6, 2021

What actions can you take now to ensure the values you cherish endure for generations? Leaving a legacy is something deeply rooted in the Kirkland family. Their business, Marine Equipment…

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Op-Ed: Will Lawmakers Finally Stop Groveling For Teachers Unions? Pennsylvania Is About To Find Out

• Kevin Mooney
• June 29, 2021

Officials will have to show which they value: the growing demand by families for education choice, or teachers' unions' persistent political clout.

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Op-Ed: The CHOICE Act: Because Low-Income Children Deserve Options, Too

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 29, 2021

The CHOICE Act won’t solve every problem we see in education today. But it will open new opportunities for thousands of low-income students.

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Faces of Education Reform

• June 28, 2021

Tax credit scholarships change lives. Read the stories.

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Op-Ed: PA Gov. Attacks Lawmakers’ Sensible Election Reforms

• Nathan Benefield
• June 25, 2021

Wolf is also ignoring new polling from Franklin & Marshall College, which shows that Pennsylvania voters believe election reform is necessary. Among voters polled, 81% favor signature matching for mail-in ballots…

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Op-Ed: Banning ideas in schools isn’t the answer — parents must be active citizens

• Jennifer Stefano
• June 22, 2021

For America to remain a free country, the power to defend our society and improve education for our children must be in our hands, not those of politicians. By making…

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Op-Ed: With $7 billion windfall, Pa. should focus on jobs, students

• Nathan Benefield
• June 21, 2021

With this budget, lawmakers should enact policies that help our citizens find work and ensure that every kid has access to a high-quality education.

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Op-Ed: Gov. Wolf’s education funding claims are false. Here’s the truth

• Marc LeBlond
• June 17, 2021

Originally published in The Center Square. Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf held a press conference on the Capitol steps capping off a more than four-month campaign…

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Op-Ed: With $7 Billion to Spend, Lawmakers Must Avoid Past Mistakes

• June 16, 2021

The lesson is clear. If politicians use federal stimulus money to expand existing programs, their successors will face intense political pressure to make those spending increases permanent, compounding our structural…

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Op-Ed: More school choice means fewer lotteries

• Stephen Bloom
• June 16, 2021

SB 1 also includes an important provision to increase the availability of charter schools. Pennsylvania law currently places school districts in charge of charter school authorization. Unsurprisingly, districts often reject…

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Op-Ed: Students will suffer under Wolf’s latest charter attack

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 9, 2021

Targeting charter schools under the guise of fiscal responsibility is the latest attempt by the Wolf Administration to limit school choice for families. After the struggles of the past year,…

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Education

Understanding Education Opportunity Accounts (EOAs)

• May 24, 2021

Education Opportunity Accounts (EOAs) are publicly funded accounts that provide families with direct access to educational resources.

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Op-Ed: Demand After COVID-19 Sparks School Choice Proposals in Pennsylvania

• Kevin Mooney
• May 19, 2021

In Pennsylvania, education opportunity accounts figure into a larger set of reforms that would build on existing initiatives in public and private school choice. …

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Voters can restore checks and balances on May ballot

• May 18, 2021

One amendment would limit an emergency declaration to 21 days; the General Assembly would have to approve extensions. The other would give the Legislature the power to end an emergency…

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Op-Ed: Vote yes in the May 18 referendum

• May 17, 2021

In the case of the term-limited Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, voters won’t have that opportunity. And after a year of his decisions leaving our state in disarray— with unemployed workers, struggling families, students locked out of the classroom, and entire industries trying to recover…

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Op-Ed: Uniform COVID-19 mandates caused major unforeseen consequences

• Tirzah Duren
• May 13, 2021

The policy response to the pandemic is focused on one crisis at the expense of two others: a nationwide mental health toll and a significant economic recession. And for some,…

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Op-Ed: Voters can restore checks and balances in Pa.

• Kevin Mooney
• May 12, 2021

On May 18, Pennsylvania voters will have the opportunity to overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that has enabled the governor to repeatedly extend emergency declarations without legislative input.

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