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School Choice

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New Poll: Pennsylvanians Want School Choice—for Everyone

There is an age-old adage: If you’re going to do something, do it right—or don’t do it at all. Based on poll results exclusively obtained […]

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Philadelphia School District Further Slashes Budget

School District Makes More Budget Cuts. The Philadelphia School District’s financial woes have been well documented. With school closings, teacher layoffs, and spending reduced across […]

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What’s Wrong With School “Choice”

A recent piece in the New York Times explained how the Big Apple’s magnet-school program has been working—great for good students, and lousily for those […]

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Does Your Kid Need a Charter School?

Last week, driving home from work, I was lucky enough to catch this interview by Dave Davies with Sally H. Jacobs, author of a new […]

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School Choice Non Debate

The Great School Choice Debate, hosted by The Independence Hall Tea Party Association on March 6, was a passionate discussion of Senate Bill 1, the […]

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What’s Wrong With Pennsylvania’s School Choice Bill?

The school choice bill in the Pennsylvania Senate is significantly flawed legislation which should never have been introduced. Rather than craft a new bill to […]

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Some School Choice-ers Have Defeatist Attitude

“Since 1995 the average mathematics score for fourth-graders jumped 11 points. At this rate we catch up with Singapore in a little over 80 years […]

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A School Choice Bill That Doesn’t Offer True Choice

And so it begins. The first challenge to Governor Tom Corbett is upon him. Surprisingly, it’s not from public sector unions, trial lawyers or natural […]

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Could School Choice Prevent Cop Killings?

On a recent weekday at Annunciation B.V.M. Church in Havertown, a Mass was celebrated to pray for and honor police officers — both those on […]