Gov. Corbett’s Meeting at the Art Museum Is Met With Angry Philly Protesters
Last night, Gov. Corbett was in Philadelphia to participate in a town-hall-style meeting hosted by conservative radio personality Dom Giordano at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It didn’t go well. Giordano began by asking Corbett about the controversial voter-ID bill the governor signed in March. Earlier this week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 4-2 to...
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Community Action Groups Shut Down Center City, Protest Gov. Corbett
When Governor Corbett comes to Philly, he does so with good reason. Like, say, he speaks with the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the one group in Southeastern Pennsylvania that may still support his budget priorities. That’s what happened yesterday at the Prince Music Theater—and protesters from several community action groups were ready for his...
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DAILY GRINDER: No Education Required to be a Judge
News: Christine Solomon, a newly elected Philadelphia Traffic Court judge, just flunked a required judicial education examination that’s required to let her do her job. Gross news: A month after Judge Willie Singletary was “relieved” of his judicial duties for allegedly showing a court worker a photograph of his junk. Philly: Shame you don’t have to be...
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School District Serves More Than 5,000 Homeless Students, Some Chasing Their Dreams
ZaLisa Fanning is homeless. ZaLisa Fanning, 18, is graduating from Parkway Northwest High School today, but says her parents probably won’t be in the audience there to cheer her on or celebrate with her afterward. “We fought a lot—it was bad,” she says. “So I moved out for a week and lived with my older sister. When I came back, my...
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City Leaders Seek Alternative Solutions to Close School District’s Deficit
There is no single solution to close the school district’s deficit– that’s the reason why the School Reform Commission was first created. But before the shit-show at City Hall begins today– where the people of Philadelphia will debate whether the City should give $75 million to $100 million dollars of money it doesn’t have to help...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Corbett: There are Things to Use Surplus on Besides School. Things Like Nothing.
Governor Tom Corbett does not want to use a “growing state cash surplus” to ease his devastating spending cuts in, say, education. He cites “the generational cycle of these children, so that they have a Pennsylvania to live in, to grow up in and raise their children in.” Protesters, not happy. Parents, pissed. Four-hundred Philadelphia teachers being...
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Philly NAACP Bashes Gov. Corbett Over Education Cuts, Then Admits to Waste [VIDEO]
Harrisburg in all its beauty (Photos: Matt Petrillo). Education is changing in Philadelphia and across the nation, and the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP is making it a civil-rights issue. Jerry Mondesire, president of the Philadelphia NAACP, led more than 800 public school advocates from across the state to Harrisburg yesterday to praise the recent NAACP...
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SRC Meeting Touches On Behavioral, Transportation Issues
The Philadelphia School District’s School Reform Commission met this afternoon and while a portion of the meeting was dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of two of the city’s highest performing schools, new issues were brought to light that will surely capture the attention of the District as the school year progresses. School District Superintendent...
Continue ReadingBreaking: Preschool Is Important
District Attorney Seth Williams and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey went to preschool yesterday. Aside from instituting tougher “time out” rules, the crimefighters stressed the need for prioritizing early education programs as Pennsylvania awaits its next governor, and as Congress considers reauthorizing the questionable No Child Left Behind Act. Citing...
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