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Former Philly schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, who was paid a $905,000 buyout (in public money) to leave the city, applied for unemployment benefits this month. Read...
Hundreds of students and teachers, many sporting red T-shirts in support of a recently passed state Senate measure to expand school choice options, crammed the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday to attend a rally supporting Senate Bill 1, andGov. Tom Corbett's education...
The House Education Committee will consider House Bill 1980, introduced by Rep. Ryan Aument. Rep. Aument's bill would increase rating categories from two (satisfactory and unsatisfactory) to four (distinguished, proficient, needs improvement and failing). Student...
Senate Bill 732, the abortion clinic regulations bill, and SB 1, the school choice bill are just two of important legislation that the state house and senate need to come together on to pass before November 30th. Read...
Dr. Albert Mohler writes an insightful piece on the Penn State scandal, and the broader changes that should result from it. "The detonation of the Penn State scandal must shake the entire nation into a new moral awareness."...
Thank you to all who called and emailed your State Senator about Senate Bill 1! By a 27-22 vote, the state Senate passed a school voucher plan that is targeted to low-income children attending poor-performing schools. The bill now heads to the House for...
Senate Bill 1 passed the Senate Education Committee this morning by a 9-2 vote. The school choice bill encompasses several advances in education reform: grants for children in the poorest performing schools in the state; expansion of the Education Improvement Tax...
Press Release 10-12-11 PA Family Council Applauds Gov. Corbett’s School Choice Initiative (Harrisburg, October 12, 2011) Pennsylvania Family Council, the advocacy arm of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, applauds Gov. Tom Corbett’s initiative to expand school...
Governor Tom Corbett today outlined his agenda for education reform in Pennsylvania. "We are set to start work on one of the most important jobs state government can do,'' Corbett said, and that is to rearrange our priorities when it comes to education. "It needs...