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FIGHTING FOR OUR CHILDREN

We must recommit ourselves to legislation and programs for vulnerable students—without illusions about Governor Shapiro.

As you know, he once proclaimed his support for school choice and made a promise to the thousands of families of children trapped in failing schools. He made a deal with the Senate. That’s politics. But the deal that matters most was the promise to families in desperate search of a school that will allow their children to learn and grow.

We need to focus on these real families who need our help.

The best way we can do this is through early literacy programs and a teacher-to-classroom pipeline to ensure the best teachers for whatever classrooms we fund. We must also modernize our outdated education system through the work of the Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness. The commission stands ready to work with families to repair the many things that are broken in public education.

And, yes, we need to continue to push for the kind of lifeline legislation the governor recklessly cast aside.

We have the recipe for a better system, and we won’t give up until we save the abandoned students who are counting on us.

→ Learn more: Pennsylvania’s Shapiro may come to regret his school-choice betrayal (National Review)

→ Learn more: Pennsylvania governor’s reversal on school choice betrays voters, children (The Daily Signal)