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The teacher shortage isn’t the real issue with Philly schools
Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer Daniel Nansi always dreamed that his daughter would go to school in America — until he landed in Philadelphia. Originally from Benin, a…
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Democrats’ War On Charter Schools Is Sending Families Into The Arms Of Republicans
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Philadelphia’s school board needs to get out of charter authorizing
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Biden’s divisive rhetoric won’t hide the Democrats’ massive policy failures
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Op-Ed: Limited government can make a comeback
For advocates of limited government, it’s easy to feel like the fight is over and the country is on the path to fiscal ruin. But such pessimism is unwarranted.
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Op-Ed: Teacher Sues Union That Demands He Pay Dues For Almost A Year After He Resigned
A Pennsylvania teachers union argues that a teacher who resigned his union membership should pay 'fair-share fees' for the entire year, even though he resigned only a few months in.
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Op-Ed: Young Pennsylvanians want to fight climate change. Our leaders want to pretend they are.
Governor Wolf’s push to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is more about appearances than real change. It’s time for Pennsylvania to instate policy that helps the environment, boosts revenue,…
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Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians deserve maximum wages, not harmful minimum wage mandates
Instead of making workers dependent upon politics for a raise, the government should clear the path for our local economies to grow. This approach to prosperity is real and long-lasting—and…
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Op-Ed: Wolf climate change plan will kill Pa. jobs
Joining RGGI will hurt our economy. States that participate in the RGGI have seen major decreases in goods manufacturing (down 8.6% from 2007 to 2019) thanks to rising energy costs.
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Op-Ed: Lawsuit claiming Pennsylvania has unequal school funding is misguided
If Pennsylvania’s education system prioritized families over bureaucracy, we’d never have to worry about “wealthy” and “poor” districts — or baseless lawsuits — again.
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Op-Ed: Limited Government Can Make a Comeback in Pandemic Era
States like Pennsylvania are also pushing against unbridled gubernatorial powers. In the past, Republicans and Democrats criticized executive overreach when the opposing party was in power. Both parties, however, rarely…
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Op-Ed: In Pennsylvania, Scientific and Economic Realities Unsettle Climate Change Morality Plays
As the economic, legal, and scientific arguments against RGGI continue to gain traction, the fallback position for Wolf is to posture as an advocate for children who will supposedly be…
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My Child Was Saved by School Choice
In April, Sharon Sedlar testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee, sharing her families’ story of school choice, and how cyber charter schools changed her daughter’s educational trajectory. This is…
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My Child Was Saved by School Choice
In April, Sharon Sedlar testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee, sharing her families’ story of school choice, and how cyber charter schools changed her daughter’s educational trajectory. This is…
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Standing Up for Students: Jamie Walker
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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Standing Up for Students: Jamie Walker
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
Tax credit scholarships change lives. Read the stories.
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Op-Ed: PA Gov. Attacks Lawmakers’ Sensible Election Reforms
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
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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