All I want for the New Year is an end to the “new normal.”
By Richard Koenig
Wolf vetoes measure aimed at increasing transparency in school curriculum
Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have given parents a closer look at what their children are learning in school.
By Victor Skinner
Christine Flowers: Mask-enforcers aren’t practicing what they preach
Mandatory masking hurts students, especially when hypocrisy is involved. It’s time for schools to stop flaunting the same rules they want imposed on children.
By Christine Flowers
Philly’s health department guidance results in segregating unvaccinated children at one Northeast elementary school
There is no formal policy for Philly public schools to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated children. That doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
By Todd Shepherd
Kyle Sammin: Upper Moreland School District blocking records related to school closure decisions
In response to an open records request by a parent, the district used narrow search terms unlikely to generate meaningful results, and is trying to permanently block handing over other records by taking the request to court.
By Kyle Sammin
Emily Kreps: Middle-of-the-road politicians need not apply
Pennsylvania families don’t want middle-of-the-road politicians. We need candidates who are willing to hold fast to conservative beliefs and lead on the right side of the culture war.
By Emily Kreps
Craig Yeomans: An injunction to stop pointing fingers for crime
It’s time to stop stamping our feet about Larry Krasner. Too much time is wasted yelling about the spark while we ignore the powder keg of crime and deterioration beneath our feet.
By Craig Yeomans
Matthew Rousu: Covid-19 shows the value of markets — and for alternative schooling models
Markets are a key way to ensure one’s purchases don’t directly conflict with their values. But there is no market system with government-run schools. That should change.
By Matthew Rousu
Letter to the Editor: Bucks County School District ‘equity review’ was called for
A B+L investigation reported that the Bensalem Township School District paid a contractor a large to sum to conduct an ‘equity review.’ One reader responds.
Open records expose how Wolf Admin. coerced local health dept. mask mandates
Bucks County parents unveiled damning evidence showing Wolf’s mask mandate was accompanied by extremely unethical coercion of local government by the state.
By Kevin Mooney