Teachers in nearly four out of five districts ignored Gov. Tom Corbett’s request for a voluntary pay freeze. Governor Corbett's reaction: “You see a lot of teachers that were laid off in districts that refused to take a wage freeze, and the parents and citizens,...
Just got word from our chief counsel, Randy Wenger, that the Independence Law Center won a victory for Child Evangelism Fellowship in a dispute with the Harrisburg School District over "Good News Clubs." More details to come.
ACLU thinks its ok for women to go to abortion clinics with substandard safety regulations (compared to other surgery centers), but it's dangerous for high schoolers to go to their graduation ceremony in a building with a cross on it. Why am I not surprised?...
Ok, so a parent or two in a local school district demand that it stop teaching abstinence only sex education, and require teaching of "comprehensive" sex ed. They claim that teaching young people that abstinence is the best way to avoid sexually transmitted...
Provincetown, MA elementary school to offer condoms to 1-6 graders, and parents have NO SAY. Watch this CNN story for details. http://bit.ly/bEQS6o This brave new world will arrive in PA if HB 1163 becomes law. Take at...
I think you’ll be happy with this news about our efforts and our successes on your behalf – in support of religious liberty and family values. Earlier today, we hosted one of our “State Street Briefings” – a luncheon series for lawmakers, Capitol staffers,...
The headline comes from Pure Freedom's Dannah Gresh -- an excellent organization that's addressing one of the big problems in our culture -- the promotion of sexuality at younger and younger ages. Here's a portion of Dannah's post, a link to the entire email, and a...
We at Pennsylvania Family Institute have long challenged the establishment of school-based clinics for three big reasons: 1) they facilitate and encourage teen sexual activity, which is not healthy; 2) they distribute contraceptives and present them as a fail-safe,...
Pennsylvania's public cyber charter schools and the 20,000 kids who rely on them are set to take a big hit from the state legislature - to the delight of those opposed to parental choice in education, not the least of which is the state's teachers union lobbying...