school-choice

COMMENTARY

Private school vouchers provide students a better chance to excel? Prove it | Jay Bookman

BY: - April 3, 2022

Voucher advocates think they can monetize everything. That's just not the case

Pa. House GOP splits, votes down vouchers for closed schools, mask requirements

BY: - September 30, 2021

The conflicts at play in Sonney’s amendment and DelRosso’s underlying bill — between public and private education, and how to respond to the pandemic — join one long running debate with a more current flash point.

In State of the Union, Trump distorts Wolf’s veto of school tax credit bill | Fact Check

BY: - February 4, 2020

President Donald Trump used a televised address to the nation Tuesday to distort Gov. Tom Wolf's 2019 veto of a bill that would have nearly doubled the size of a state program that offers tax credits to businesses that donate to K-12 scholarship funds.

COMMENTARY

The Legislature is back. Here’s three things to watch for this week | Monday Morning Coffee

BY: - November 18, 2019

Buckle up, folks. This could be the last voting session of calendar 2019. And there's plenty of potential for mischief under the dome.

COMMENTARY

Inside Mike Turzai’s history of bad luck with cameras | Friday Morning Coffee

BY: - September 20, 2019

Or, why you should always assume someone is running video

‘More options and opportunities’: At Harrisburg Catholic school, DeVos pushes $5 billion program for private, religious school scholarships

BY: - September 19, 2019

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai toured Harrisburg Catholic Elementary School, a stone’s throw from the Capitol building, before plugging a plan to get students out of the troubled city school district and into private schools.

House Speaker Mike Turzai proposes school voucher program for Harrisburg City Schools 

BY: - August 27, 2019

The plan would require the Harrisburg City Schools to award scholarships of at least $4,100 to children who wish to enroll in private or public schools.