In Pennsylvania and the Nation, Teachers Still Make Less than Other College...
Latest data show pay gap between public school teachers and those in similar professions is widening Date of Press Release: March 7, 2008Download EPI reportAs presidential candidates and other...
View ArticleNew Pennsylvania Teacher Tests Won't Improve Teacher Performance, Keystone...
Date of Press Release: January 22, 2009Harrisburg, January 22 -- Pennsylvania's new system of teacher tests won't improve teacher performance in the classroom, according to a new evaluation released...
View ArticleUnionization Substantially Raises Wages Of Pennsylvania Service-Sector Workers
UNIONS WORK Date of Press Release: April 22, 2009HARRISBURG, PA—Pennsylvania workers, like workers across the nation, have seen their wages stagnate or grow slowly in recent decades. But a report...
View ArticleReversing Course in Pennsylvania Higher Education: The Two Tiers in Faculty...
Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: January 20, 2011Download the full reportEXECUTIVE SUMMARYOver the last generation , the instructional staffing system in U.S. higher education has...
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Report Finds Significant Pay Inequities Among College and University Faculty...
Date of Press Release: January 20, 2011 Attachment: Press-Release-Reversing-Course-in-PA-Higher-Ed.pdfThis press release was issued by the AFT. The report discussed in the press release was authored...
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Pa. Should ‘Stay the Course’ on Education Progress of Past Decade
Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers for Private and Religious Schools Could Undermine State Momentum Attachment: Press Release (PDF) Attachment: Commentary (PDF)HARRISBURG, PA (March 1, 2011) — With the...
View ArticleRace to the Bottom?
Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Date: March 1, 2011“When I was kidnapped,” Woody Allen says in the movie Annie Hall, “my parentssnappedinto action. They rented out my room.” The idea of wildly wrongheaded...
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No Accountability: Pennsylvania’s Track Record Using Taxpayer Dollars to Pay...
Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: April 7, 2011Full Report:No Accountability: Pennsylvania's Track Record Using Tax Credits to Pay for Private and Religious School TuitionAppendix:The...
View ArticleNo Accountability in Existing State Program Funneling Tax Credits to Private...
Date of Press Release: April 7, 2011Media Conference Call: Listen to a recording of a media conference call on the report, featuring Stephen Herzenberg, PhD, Executive Director of the Keystone...
View ArticleDespite Changes, Senate Voucher Plan Deeply Flawed
Date of Press Release: April 26, 2011HARRISBURG, PA (April 26, 2011) — As the Pennsylvania Legislature returns to session today, state senators may take up legislation that would establish the...
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Under Attack: Pennsylvania's Middle Class and the Jobs Crisis
Publication Date: July 18, 2011Download the Full Report (PDF)Read the Press ReleaseRemarks of Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at DemosPennsylvania's middle class is in jeopardy. Once the home...
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Pennsylvania Annual Unemployment Rate Is Highest In Nearly 30 Years
Report Finds Young Pennsylvanians Face Education Cuts, Mounting Debt Date of Press Release: July 18, 2011Read the Full ReportRemarks of Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at DemosPITTSBURGH, PA...
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Runaway Spending: Private Contractors Increase the Cost of School Student...
Authors: Mark Price Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: March 13, 2012 Attachment: RunawaySpending.pdfRead the Press ReleaseDownload a PDF of the Full ReportExecutive SummaryThis study...
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Privatized School Buses Cost Taxpayers More
Date of Press Release: March 13, 2012Read the Full ReportDownload a PDF of this Press ReleaseNew study recommends in-sourcing school transportation operations to save taxpayers millionsHARRISBURG, PA...
View ArticleHarrisburg Patriot-News: Class of 2013 college grads: Losing their ticket to...
Harrisburg Patriot-News: Class of 2013 college grads: Losing their ticket to America's 'opportunity society?' Date: May 3, 2013By John LuciewHarrisburg Patriot-NewsIn this day and age, college is one...
View ArticleInvesting in Education Will Build a Stronger PA Economy
Date of Press Release: August 22, 2013Learn More: View the EARN Study online and get additional resources on state education funding from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center.HARRISBURG, PA...
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Blog: Death of an Adjunct
Authors: Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: October 25, 2013Cross posted at Third and StateAppearing last week on a radio program in Pittsburgh with labor historian Charles McCollester, I heard for...
View ArticleUSA Today College: “Pay it Forward” aims to change how students fund college
USA Today College: “Pay it Forward” aims to change how students fund college Date: February 21, 2014USA Today CollegeA bill making its way through Washington state’s House of Representatives has the...
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In Pittsburgh's New Economy, Organized Labor Reorganizes
In Pittsburgh's New Economy, Organized Labor Reorganizes Date: June 10, 201490.5 WESALike any English professor, Clint Benjamin spends a lot of his time grading papers.“There’s a mountain – a teetering...
View ArticleGoing round and round: School districts experiment with outsourcing bus...
Going round and round: School districts experiment with outsourcing bus services to cut costs Date: June 29, 2014Delaware County Daily TimesWhether for food service, cleaning or maintenance work,...
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