Governor Corbett Back in the Classroom After Leaving Pennsylvania’s Education System in Shambles Earlier today, The Patriot News aggregated a blog post from the Pittsburgh Tribune explaining that former Governor Tom Corbett is back in the classroom, but what the Pennlive and Tribune both neglected to mention was how the once “educator” left the Department of Education and public school districts…
SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Raging Chicken Press is Giving Away 3 Pairs of Tickets to “This Changes Everything,” Next Tuesday in Allentown
SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Raging Chicken Press is Giving Away 3 Pairs of Tickets to “This Changes Everything,” Next Tuesday in Allentown The Civic Theatre in Allentown will have a special showing of Avi Lewis’s documentary film, This Changes Everything, on Tuesday, October 20th at 7:00 pm. The film is based upon Naomi Klein’s ground-breaking best-seller by the same name,…
Philadelphia Hate Crime Case Goes Unpunished; No Jail Time for Gay Bashing
Philadelphia Hate Crime Case Goes Unpunished; No Jail Time for Gay Bashing In the City of Brotherly Love, gay bashing apparently goes unpunished. In September 2014, Zachary Hesse, Andrew Haught and Kathryn Knot were the perpetrators of a brutal assault of gay couple in Center City Philadelphia. PhillyMag reports: Two of the three suspects in the…
Mass Murders are Good for Business
Mass Murders are Good for Business Shortly after the mass murders at Umpqua Community College near Roseburg, Ore., President Obama predicted the extreme right wing would crank out press releases declaring the nation needs fewer gun control laws and more guns. The pro-gun lobby didn’t disappoint him. Shortly after the mass murders in a Charleston, S.C.,…
#PhlEd: Philadelphia School Distrcit Deceives Parents at Jay Cooke Charter School Hearing
#PhlEd: Philadelphia School Distrcit Deceives Parents at Jay Cooke Charter School Hearing Yesterday, the Philadelphia School District hosted its first “parent engagement” meeting on Jay Cooke’s proposed conversion to a Renaissance Charter School, and it happened with a level of deceitfulness aimed at parents whose children attend the school. Kevin McCorry at WHYY Newsworks reported that it started…
RAGING MONDAY! This Week Mahoney Talks with Rick Smith About Allentown Student Walkouts and PA’s School to Prison Pipeline
RAGING MONDAY! This Week Mahoney Talks with Rick Smith About Allentown Student Walkouts and PA’s School to Prison Pipeline If you missed this week’s Raging Monday on the Rick Smith Show, here’s your chance to catch up. Raging Chicken Press editor Kevin Mahoney talked with Rick Smith about the Allentown student walkouts demanding quality education and an…
The Pope, The City of Brotherly Love, and Martial Law
The Pope, The City of Brotherly Love, and Martial Law I am not one of those who feverishly blogs, or who holds to a regular schedule of writing and sharing my thoughts. That’s what my private journal is for. I write publicly when something first unsettles me, moves me, concerns me and I need to spend…
#PhlEd: Jay Cooke Elementary School Teacher Speaks Out Against Charter Conversion
#PhlEd: Jay Cooke Elementary School Teacher Speaks Out Against Charter Conversion Since the beginning of the state controlled SRC (School Reform Commission) in 2000, Philadelphia residents have witnessed the slow, systematic dismantling of the country’s fifth largest school district with little to no public input. Over that time, the SRC has been responsible for closing dozens of…
Pennsylvania GOP Leader Blames Latest Mass Shooting on “Those Who Create Gun Free Zones;” Except it Wasn’t a Gun Free Zone…
Pennsylvania GOP Leader Blames Latest Mass Shooting on “Those Who Create Gun Free Zones;” Except it Wasn’t a Gun Free Zone… Instead of taking his latest argument to the House Floor like he did when it came to explaining the difference between white nationalists and white supremacists, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe, who holds some sort of…
Fighting for Joy
Editor’s Note: Bryan Sanguinito is the Eastern Regional President of PSEA. I have the great pleasure of teaching a wonderful young lady named Joy. In my nearly 20 years of teaching, rarely have I ever come across a student with as big a heart and as open a mind as Joy. Every day that I…
Juicy Pumpkin Juice 