School choice and voucher system proposals championed by Lower Pottsgrove state Rep. Tom Quigley gained another endorsement this week from an expected source: the Archbishop of Philadelphia and his weekly column.
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Archbishop’s Column Pushes Again For School Choice
Posted on 27 January 2012.
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School Voucher Users Must Pass Tests, State Suggests
Posted on 05 August 2011.
The state’s education secretary said Wednesday that if school choice vouchers ever win Legislative approval, children whose families use them must be prepared to take and pass Pennsylvania’s standardized tests.
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PA School Voucher Bills Seem To Run Out Of Time
Posted on 28 June 2011.
A bill instituting school choice vouchers, advocated by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, may not be passed by the state Legislature before it adjourns for the summer.
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School Choice Voucher Action Anticipated This Week
Posted on 21 June 2011.
Legislators have plenty of choices in the school choice debate. Now, according to Lower Pottsgrove state representative Tom Quigley, they’re mulling their options. A vote is expected this week.
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Local School Boards Face Both Cuts And Policy Changes
Posted on 30 April 2011.
It’s not just a loss of state and federal funding that school districts must wrestle with in 2011-2012. It’s also the substantially different way in which state officials now view education.
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Local Rep. Quigley Favors Tax Credits In School Choice
Posted on 27 April 2011.
The state representative for Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick and Pottstown thinks expansion of an existing tax credit program for education offers the best chance for compromise on a bill promoting school choice.
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