With Turzai departure, private and charter schools lose a major ally in the capital

Democrats are pushing for billions of additional dollars for public schools, but Republicans are pressing to expand taxpayer funding for private schools.

Pennsylvania’s school choice community has deep ties to conservative donors and politicians. Will that coalition hold together after the fractures of the Trump era?

Trump and his allies are pushing hard for programs that divert tax dollars to private schools. And they’re centering the argument in Pennsylvania.