Welcome to the the Shenango Institute for Public Policy’s web site.  

Current Features

What is your school's value ranking?  Will you get more for the extra money brought in by that tax hike?  - A Guide for Parents and Taxpayers: A Look at Schools and School Performance in Central Western Pennsylvania, a study by Paul Kengor, Ph.D., Michael Coulter, Ph.D. and G. Dirk Mateer, Ph.D.

The June Policy Brief which accompanies the new study on schools and school performance

SPECIAL FEATURE:  Paul Kengor's editorial on who should be George W. Bush's running-mate from The Pittsburgh Post Gazette

How local counties can save money on prisons - Mercer County Prison: the Privatization Option, a study by Paul Kengor, Ph.D.

Check out the performance of local school districts and read a statistical analysis of how effectively their resources are being used - A Statistical Analysis of Local School Districts, a study by Timothy Levine

The Shenango Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit public policy research institute.  None of our resources are used for political campaigns or are given to candidates or political parties.  We will neither endorse nor oppose cadidates for public office or proposed legislation at any level.  Our primary mission is to research and write about issues facing local governments in Butler, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango counties.

Our objective is to focus on education, the delivery of governmental services, and tax policy.

We are registered as a non-profit corporation in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and have been granted 501(c)3 status by the Internal Revenue Service, which makes us tax-exempt, tax-deductible organization.

We hope that you will visit the different sections of our web page. Please give us feedback on what we are doing.

Contact us at : SIPP

P.O. Box 245, Grove City, PA 16127

Ph.: (724) 450-0616, Fax (724) 450-0617

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