By Bill Griffin
One of my favorite traditions as a public school principal was inviting representatives from public and nonpublic high schools — including George Washington, Northeast, Archbishop Ryan, St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls and Father Judge — to meet with our eighth-grade students and explain the opportunities their schools offered.
Before lawmakers voted to fundamentally change Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program, I wish they had done something similar. I wish they had listened to the students whose scholarships depend on it, the parents who rely on it and the schools that make those opportunities possible…