#StudentsForTeachers: Philly Students Strike in Support of Teachers Early this morning, students in the Philadelphia School District began walking out their school buildings as part of a student strike in support of their teachers. On Monday – one day after World Teachers Day – the Philadelphia School Reform Commission took the unprecedented move of calling a…
#StudentsForTeachers: Storify of Philly Student Strike Early Morning
#StudentsForTeachers: Storify of Philly Student Strike Early Morning If the Storify does not appear below, CLICK HERE. //storify.com/rcpress/studentsforteachers-october-8-2014-philly-student/embed [<a href=“//storify.com/rcpress/studentsforteachers-october-8-2014-philly-student” target=“_blank”>View the story “#StudentsForTeachers: October 8, 2014 Philly Student Strike” on Storify] View On WordPress
An Adjunct Catching Fire: Rebellion Should Never Be Polite
An Adjunct Catching Fire: Rebellion Should Never Be Polite Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared over at The Consulting Editor blog following the #BurnItDown Twitter action the last weekend in September. “An Adjunct Catching Fire”was a two-part guest post by “Adjunct Mockingjay.” We are reposting “An Adjunct Catching Fire” on Raging Chicken Press as part of our…
A Fracking Good Letter
A Fracking Good Letter The oil and gas industry has retreated from its entrenched position to have the public delete the “k” in “fracking,” and write it as “frac’ing” or “fracing.” Those who have been the strongest advocates for fracking scorned and mocked those who place the “k” in the word. The problem is that without…
#PhlEd RIGHT NOW: Caucus of Working Educators Calls for 4pm Rally at Gov. Corbett’s Philly Office
#PhlEd RIGHT NOW: Caucus of Working Educators Calls for 4pm Rally at Gov. Corbett’s Philly Office If you are in or around Philadelphia today, get down to 200 Broad Street at 4pm this afternoon to protest the School Reform Commission’s move to unilaterally cancel Philly Teacher’s Contract. Fhollow #PhlEd and @CaucusofWE for up-to-the-minute information. Outraged by…
#PhlEd: Dissolving Teachers Contract Wasn’t Difficult; It Was a Public Relations Offensive
#PhlEd: Dissolving Teachers Contract Wasn’t Difficult; It Was a Public Relations Offensive //storify.com/seankitchen/sdpfacts-finding-mission/embed?border=false [View the story “#SDPFacts Finding Mission” on Storify] View On WordPress
Badmin Gotta Tweet: ESU’s Twitterer-in-Chief Back at It
Badmin Gotta Tweet: ESU’s Twitterer-in-Chief Back at It While Mansfield University officials were first out of the gate announcing their specific targets for cuts this past Thursday, they are certainly not alone. Early indications are that East Stroudsburg University president, Marcia Welsh, plans on eliminating all the remaining music faculty and will continue to force students…
PASSHE Budget Ax Falls Again: Mansfield University to Face Loss of 12 Faculty
PASSHE Budget Ax Falls Again: Mansfield University to Face Loss of 12 Faculty On July 30, PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) administrators announced their intentions to deepen the austerity at five state-owned universities: Mansfield, Edinboro, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, and Cheyney. These are the same five universities that claimed “financial hardship” last year and experienced sweeping cuts to…
“Because The Money’s Too Damn Good to Leave” : A Look Inside North Dakota’s Oil Boom
“Because The Money’s Too Damn Good to Leave” : A Look Inside North Dakota’s Oil Boom Editor’s Note: Another awesome post from the wonderful world of Virally Supressed: Muckraking for the Modern World out of Cincinnati, OH. Virally Suppressed is the brain child of Drew Gibson and we have no doubt that Raging Chicken Press readers will love his stuff….
Hedges: Get In the Damn Streets!
Hedges: Get In the Damn Streets! Editor’s Note: This was originally posted on Allyssa Röhricht’s blog, Black Cat Revolution, earlier this week. If you want some awesome work on international politics, the surveillance state, and a whole slew of other issues, head on over to Black Cat Revolution and give her some love. Tell her Raging Chicken…
Juicy Pumpkin Juice 