December 2023 Week ending December 30th, 2023 “Opinion: School Choice Expands in a Purple State” “Homeschoolers ‘vigilant’ over latest school choice wins in states” Week ending December 23rd, 2023 School Choice Timeline – The Cato Institute “Education Tax Credits: Restoring Trust in Families” “Lawmakers should not ignore educational freedom | Opinion” “Opinion: School Choice Expands in a Purple State” “Tax Credit Scholarships: An Investment in Educational Opportunity” “School choice is good for minority students, says advocate whose life was changed by it” “Ruth Ann Dailey: A public school lobby charges private schools with discrimination — for doing what the public schools do” Week ending December 16th, 2023 “Senate passes bill mandating armed school security officers in Pa. schools” “Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Enshrines Education Choice to Defend Freedom” “Think education in the U.S. is broken? Why this expert is so optimistic” “Private school tax credits, money for crumbling schools: Here’s what’s new for education in the finally finished Pa. budget” “yes. every kid. celebrates expansion of Pennsylvania education freedom programs” “How an education choice scholarship gives Hannah her voice, her strength and a horse named Snowflake” “Ruth Ann Dailey: A public school lobby charges private schools with discrimination — for doing what the public schools do” “New School Choice Bill Would Empower Parents to Help Their Children Thrive” “Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Historic $150M Increase in Education Tax Credit Programs” “After being bullied, a Philly student was threatened with deportation by his principal. Here’s what happened next.” “Cyber Charter School Students Shouldn’t Be Denied Access to Extracurriculars” Advocacy – Invest In Education Foundation House Bill 1904 Information Week ending December 9th, 2023 House Bill 1904 Information “D’ORSIE: It’s Time for Educational Choice in PA” Community Inclusion – PA Promise for Children “Study Shows Benefits of Holding 3rd Graders Back, but Few Are Being Retained” “Oakland Study Finds Parents as Effective as Teachers in Tutoring Young Readers” EITC & OSTC Scholarships by County “2023 PSSA Scores Highlight the Need for Educational Opportunity” “One Way Parents Are Confronting the Chronic Absenteeism Crisis: Finding Schools That Are More Successful In Engaging Their Child” “Greatest number of state legislatures pass school choice bills in 2023” “U.S. math scores dropped, but reading and science results held steady on key international test” “Too Many Schools Are Misdiagnosing Dyslexia” “Dr. Richard Johnson: Calling School Choice Programs Racist is a ‘Vile Strategy'” “Achieve School Choice Guide: How civil rights activist Howard Fuller became a champion of school choice” “After the Blaine Era” Week ending December 2nd, 2023 “U.S. Parents Think Reading Instruction Is Going OK—Until They See National Test Results” “Time For PA to Expand Education Choice” “Charters Yield More Learning, Higher Earnings than District Schools Per $1 Spent” “Report: Cyber Charter schools drain local tax dollars for worse education outcomes” “Pennsylvania’s proposed pension bills don’t meet best practices for cost-of-living adjustments” “Most Philly schools were found in ‘poor’ or ‘unsatisfactory’ condition before district paused assessments, per new analysis” “Philly’s premier high school requires 8th grade algebra for admission, but many kids can’t take it” Find and contact elected officials “Beth Ann Rosica: Standardized test scores are published – as soon as the election is over.”
