Pennsylvania is approaching the end of the 2021-2022 legislative session in Harrisburg, as next week will wrap up any substantial legislative work. In the area of education, there are two particularly good bills that have not reached the finish line before the...
Empowering Families in Education Act, SB 1278, would protect children from coercion in the classroom; SB 1277 would enhance parental notifications. (HARRISBURG, PA) The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday to empower parents by passing bills that would help...
Enhanced parental notifications and protections against coercion in the classroom would improve Pennsylvania schools. (HARRISBURG, PA) Today, the PA Senate Education Committee passed the Empowering Families in Education Act (SB 1278), a bill that would help our...
Elementary school lessons about gender identity and sexual orientation are occurring in various districts throughout the country — including in Pennsylvania — often happening without parental consent. A new bill proposed in Pennsylvania would empower parents and...
Public Schools are not to be used for taxpayer funded political, sexual, or racist ideological indoctrination. But students, parents, and even educators in Public Schools across Pennsylvania have experienced the overt politicization of the classroom. Activists in...
This week, the PA House Education Committee passed a bill that would “put parents and students in the driver’s seat of their education” and help many families achieve academic success, especially in failing public school districts. In Pennsylvania, there is clearly...
The evidence is clear: Pennsylvania parents and students want more school choice options. And the state is failing to deliver financial help to the majority of these families. New data, thanks to Right-to-Know requests filed by the Commonwealth Foundation, reveals...
As school districts across the country have begun to implement potentially harmful curriculum for students, legislators in various states have taken the initiative to fight back against these measures and introduce bills that would put school districts on notice...
A Conversation with Jeremy Samek, Senior Counsel “Parents Matter” was one storyline that defined the governor’s race in Virginia. Heated exchanges have been happening in school board meetings across the country (including Pennsylvania) dealing with issues ranging...
Pennsylvania Family Institute joins rally to call upon the PA General Assembly to pass the Excellent Education for All Act (HARRISBURG, PA) Pennsylvania Family Institute stands with PA State Representatives Andrew Lewis (R-Dauphin) and Joshua Kail...