(The Center Square) – Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address was optimistic about the prospects of the state’s divided legislature coming together for another year, citing last year’s reimagining of public school funding as supporting evidence. Education remains one of the highest ticket items in this year’s budget. Notably absent from […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: It’s time for Shapiro to get moderate ‘stuff’ done
It’s time to be boldly moderate!
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Low-achieving Pennsylvania schools failing to tell parents about school choice funds
Schools are failing and help’s available, but few know about it. That’s apparently what’s happening in Pennsylvania to tens of thousands of students trapped in low-achieving schools. Schools in the Keystone state that score in the bottom fifteen percent on annual math and reading tests are classified as low-achieving. Of […]
David P. Hardy: Philadelphia teachers — like their students — want educational choice
Philadelphia schools recently adopted a new multimillion-dollar curriculum — and district teachers sound mad as hell about it. The School District of Philadelphia recently rolled out its $25 million English Language Arts (ELA) program for the 2024–25 school year. According to a recent article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, teachers have […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: The kids are not all right
Our children’s test scores are down. They haven’t even reached pre-Covid levels, which wasn’t anything to brag about then. And the students are more anxious than ever. Pick your benchmark. Pick your trend line. Pick your anecdote. Our kids are in trouble, and so our nation’s future is in trouble. […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Parents make the strongest case for charters and school choice
“I searched for over a year to make sure I picked the best school for my son. I did not want to send my son to the neighborhood (public) school. As a parent, it is my job to do what I think is best for my son.” These are the […]
Dave McCormick: Pennsylvania students cannot wait any longer for school choice
In living rooms across the country during the pandemic, many parents saw for themselves the dismal state of their children’s education. This was a tipping point for the school choice movement as parents started demanding access to educational options that actually prepare their kids for an uncertain future. In recent […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Education Tax Credits work.
They work because they’re customer service focused.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Shapiro says ‘real freedom’ starts with public schools
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday that Democrats support the “kind of freedom” that starts in the classroom. Specifically, the public school classroom. “You know what Democrats? We are the party of real freedom,” Shapiro said from the Democratic National Convention stage in Chicago. “The kind […]
Robertson + D’Orsie: Generation Z needs school choice
People expect options — none more so than today’s youth.
By Steven Robertson and Rep. Joe D’Orsie