by Susan Spicka | Mar 16, 2013 | Archive
Governor Corbett has clearly heard that people across Pennsylvania have been very frustrated about the program cuts being experienced and how much people want this to be a priority of state policy and the budget. Pennsylvania needs a funding formula and enough money...
by Susan Spicka | Mar 16, 2013 | Archive
CLICK HERE for a PDF version of this document. Pennsylvania has an economic, moral and constitutional imperative to ensure that every student has an opportunity to learn in a safe and healthy environment, with access to good curriculum and high standards for...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 22, 2012 | Archive
Click here for a PDF of our paper The Problem with School Vouchers Policy Brief The “school choice” movement in Pennsylvania has been gaining steam over the past several months, and while past attempts to implement a voucher program in Pennsylvania have...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 22, 2012 | Archive
Click HERE for a PDF of our paper Education and the Economy. Having a strong education system produces economic gains for Pennsylvania and the nation as a whole; conversely the effects of having an inadequate, inequitable system drain our economy. This correlation has...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 22, 2012 | Archive
Click HERE for a PDF version of our paper Education and Crime Education is critical in ensuring the nation’s success. Unfortunately, our system is not fully providing the education students need to succeed, thus the nation is forced to address economic and social...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 1, 2012 | Archive
On June 30th, the PA General Assembly passed a budget that included $927.7 million in funding cuts to public education. These historic cuts were made despite having $700 million more than expected in revenue collections (we collected more than the budget assumed we...
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