As our Candidate Spotlight Series comes to an end, Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman discuss the strengths and weaknesses of public education.
From The Editors
Beth Ann Rosica: Crime and education in Philadelphia
Dropout rates are highly correlated with future imprisonment and are on the rise in the city’s public schools.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Pennsylvania state senate weighs parental bill of rights as gender, race issues flare in schools
The bill, proposed by GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, would codify parents’ right to direct their child’s upbringing, education, health care.
By Anthony Hennen
Beth Ann Rosica: Who is Shapiro really fighting for?
Which policies will Shapiro promote if he’s elected: the new, moderate ones, or the ones he’s held for years until now?
By Beth Ann Rosica
Jamie Walker: Emails reveal state teachers’ union colluded with districts to keep schools closed unnecessarily
In 2020, I was told that the Commonwealth’s teachers’ union had no influence over the decision whether to reopen schools in Bucks County. Two years later, I learned that was a lie.
By Jamie Walker
Christine Flowers: Duke supports bigotry yet again
Duke University’s latest hoax harkens back to the witch hunt of the Duke Three in 2006.
By Christine Flowers
David Hardy: Philadelphia’s school board needs to get out of charter authorizing
The school board has shown itself unable to manage the process correctly, to students’ detriment.
By David Hardy
Lo & Ackert: Philadelphia school district’s mask mandate is at odds with the mainstream — and with science
Philly schools are the outlier in the United States in forcing our kids to mask up all day. Outdated policies are holding our children back.
By Priscilla Lo and Dr. Jessica Ackert
Student loan forgiveness in Pennsylvania favors the wealthy
About 65 percent of loan forgiveness benefits would go to borrowers earning more than $51,000.
By Anthony Hennen
Sen. Scott Martin: Bipartisan education reforms set up students for success
Recent bipartisan legislation will improve schools across the Commonwealth.
By Sen. Scott Martin