Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy archives are hosted by the Institute for Public Affairs.

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief - January 30, 2019: A Tale of Haves and Have-Nots: The Financial Future of Pennsylvania School Districts

• Center on Regional Politics Research at a Glance - Explaining School Fund Balances – Are PA Schools Holding Too Much in Reserve?

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – David W. Davare - Explaining School Fund Balances: Are PA Schools, with a $4.9 Billion Fund Balance, Holding Too Much in Reserve? An Update for FY 2016-17

• Center on Regional Politics Research at a Glance - Hard Choices Still Ahead: The Financial Future of Pennsylvania School Districts | March 2017

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – William Hartman and Timothy Shrom - Hard Choices Still Ahead: The Financial Future of Pennsylvania School Districts | March 2017

• Center on Regional Politics Research at a Glance - Explaining School Fund Balances – Are PA Schools Really Flush? | July 2016

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – David W. Davare - Explaining School Fund Balances: An Update | July 2016

• Center on Regional Politics Issue Memo - The Problem of Funding Pensions: An Update

• Center on Regional Politics Research at a Glance - How Well Does Philadelphia Support its Public Schools? A New Perspective

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – Joseph P. McLaughlin, Jr. and Meghan E. Rubado - How Well Does Philadelphia Support its Public Schools? A New Perspective

• Center on Regional Politics Sponsored Report - RAND Corporation Research Report: The Economic Impact of Achievement Gaps in Pennsylvania’s Public Schools
  - See the RAND Corporation Report, Abstract, Key Findings, and Technical Details
  - RAND Corporation Research Brief

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – Dave Davare - Explaining School Fund Balances: An Update | Data on School Fund Balances for PA’s 500 Districts

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – William Hartman and Timothy Shrom - Forecasting Fiscal Futures of Pennsylvania School Districts: Where Law and Current Policy Are Taking Our Public Schools

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief - Understanding Measures of Tax Effort and Tax Capacity | Data on tax effort and capacity

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – J. Wesley Leckrone - The Politics of Educational Change: What Can We Learn from the School Consolidation Acts of 1961 and 1963

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – Michelle J. Atherton and Meghan E. Rubado - Hold Harmless Education Finance Policies in the U.S.: A Survey

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – Eileen McNulty - Growth and Stability in Public School Revenue Sources: Can We Have Both?

• Center on Regional Politics Policy Brief – Dave Davare - Explaining School Fund Balances: Are PA Schools, with $4.3 Billion in Reserve Funds, Really Flush? Just the (Dry) Facts

• Center on Regional Politics Commentary: Joseph P. McLaughlin - What Can We Learn from Pennsylvania’s History of Public Schools Finance?

• Center on Regional Politics Issue Memo: Eileen McNulty - How Pennsylvania Funds Public Schools: The Story of the Local Share

• Center on Regional Politics Issue Memo: Michelle J. Atherton - How Pennsylvania Funds Public Schools: The Story of the State Share

• Center on Regional Politics Commentary: Joseph P. McLaughlin - How to Fund Schools and Public Pensions

• Center on Regional Politics - June 2013 Pension Working Group Report

• Center on Regional Politics Case History: Patrick Kerkstra - Taking Care of Our Own: How Democrats, Republicans, Business and Labor Saved Thousands of Jobs and Our Refineries

• Center on Regional Politics Issue Memo - The Problem of Funding Pensions: September 2012

The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly – Five Volumes

I. Joseph P. McLaughlin
The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly Volume I: The Pennsylvania General Assembly Before and After the 1968 Legislative Modernization Commission: The Evolution of an Institution

II. Van Huynh, Shelly Forrester, Michelle J. Atherton, Mike Cassidy, and Joseph P. McLaughlin
The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly Volume II: The Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Greatest Achievements AND The Parties’ Roles in Enacting Important Laws 1968-2008

III. John P. Krill, Jr., Michael R. Dimino, Sr., and Michelle J. Atherton
The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly Volume III: The Rules of the Game: How the Constitution Affects Lawmaking in Pennsylvania

IV. Richard A. Stafford, Joseph P. McLaughlin, Michelle J. Atherton, Megan Mullin, and Nathan Shrader
The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly Volume IV: A Discussion of Topics Related to the Continuing Evolution of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

V. Megan Mullin
The Temple Papers on the Pennsylvania General Assembly Volume V: Literature Review: Findings from Academic Research on State Government Institutions and Reforms

Temple University’s Institute for Public Affairs, Temple University’s Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project -  Why the Conventional Wisdom about Reapportionment Reform May Be Wrong: The Case of Safe and Competitive State Senate Districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Joseph P. McLaughlin - Presentation: The Pennsylvania General Assembly Before and After the 1968 Legislative Modernization Commission: A Brief History

Joseph P. McLaughlin - The Temple Municipal Governance Survey: How Pennsylvanians View Their Local Governments, including comments on the results of Allegheny County’s Deliberative Democracy Poll

Joseph P. McLaughlin, Michelle J. Atherton, and Katrina Morrison - Legislative Approaches to Right-Sizing Municipal Services

Joseph Bafumi, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien - Ideological Balancing, Generic Polls and Midterms Congressional Elections

Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien - Are Political Markets Really Superior to Polls as Election Predictors?

Joseph Bafumi, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien - Forecasting House Seats from Generic Congressional Polls

David Elesh - Is City Population Growth Always Good and Loss Bad?