August 2023 Week ending August 26th, 2023 “Why the Nation’s Largest School District Is Making Virtual School a Permanent Option” “The hill that public education dies on: Transgender policies’ utter contempt for parents” “Guest column: Public schools struggle to meet the students’ needs” Lifeline (PASS) Scholarship Program Fact Sheet PASS Petition “Parental Choices and Challenges in the Keystone State” “The Learning Outpost: Where curiosity is king and education gets messy” “The High School Credit-Hour: A Timeline of the Carnegie Unit” “2023 Is the Year of Universal Choice in Education Savings Accounts” “Republicans say they have a deal to change Pa.’s Charter School Appeal Board. Here’s what to know about how it works.” “Funding Education Opportunity: Seeking better schools lands parents in jail, school choice growth, and more” “To The Mom Who Doesn’t Want to Send Her Kids to School” “Children deserve a quality education that school choice makes possible | Opinion” “Jaslin Vasquez-Gonzalez: Every kid deserves to be as lucky as me” Pa. Back to School Public Education Trends “Here’s To The Kids In Banana Costumes” “The Rising Trend in Private Education: Teeny, Tiny Schools” “The big lie and other myths about charter schools” Week ending August 19th, 2023 “Exclusive Data: Fueled by Teacher Shortages, ‘Zoom-in-a-Room’ Makes a Comeback” “Medical freedom group warns school-based health centers are threatening parental rights” “Enrollment soars at virtual charter schools” Homeschooling – Class Dismissed Movie – Official Trailer “What is Self-Directed Education?” “PPS back-to-school event on Monday offers backpacks, books and more” “What an increase in basic education funding means for the Reading School District” “Defuse the Culture War with Liberated Education” “How Would a Lifeline Scholarship Help Your Family?” “How home-schooling left the kitchen table and became a big business” “Voters demand school choice for their kids. So why aren’t Democrats embracing it?” “Denisha Allen (Merriweather) on Why Black Minds Matter” “Upcoming vote to revoke Franklin Towne Charter High School ‘blindsides’ school community” “Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro remains supportive of private school vouchers” “Rise of the microschool: Small, student-centered learning spaces take off” “Shapiro Could Be the First Prominent Democrat to Deliver School Choice” “Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US” Week ending August 12th, 2023 “WHITE: It’s Time to ‘Save Our Students’” “Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro remains supportive of private school vouchers” “Democrats Renege on Compromise, Leave Children in Broken Schools” “‘Public’ Schools That Aren’t Public” “If Ohio Can Fix Education, So Can Pennsylvania” “Lifeline Scholarships Bridged the Political Divide” “Public Education Your Way” “Education Choice Needs Transportation Freedom” The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Week ending August 5th, 2023 “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to relaunch in Pittsburgh, gifting monthly free books to children” “Pa. rural school educators urge lawmakers to build a new fair funding formula” “PA House Democrats’ ‘Save Our Schools’ tour makes stop in Berks County” “Gov. Shapiro signs Pa. budget, but scratches out $100 million for tuition vouchers” “The top Pa. Senate Republican called lawmakers back to Harrisburg amid the budget impasse” “Democrat House Legislator Calls on Governor, Colleagues to Support School Choice in State Budget” “Students are struggling to read — we must help them” “Public Schools Make Excuses; Charter ‘Gap Busters’ Get Results” “School Safety, School Choice, And More From The Schooling In America Survey” “Setting the record straight on school voucher program” “The Great Unbundling” “The Rising Demand for School Choice” “Politicians and pundits say parents are furious with schools. Polls say otherwise.” “Open enrollment might save suburban schools, not destroy them”