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Pummeling the Poor
One item glared at me when I opened my browser to Google news this morning. The headline from the Philadelphia Inquirer screamed the news: Schools, city lose in budget. But don’t worry, taxes won’t rise. And business taxes will actually … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Education, Family, Life, Philadelphia, Politics
Tagged charter school funding, city lose in budget, education, funding for State schools, gas-drilling industries, poor school districts in Pennsylvania, School District of Philadelphia funding, social services, taxes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tom Corbett, Tredyffrin/Easttown School District
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Feeding on Ourselves
BufferI’ve been thinking about the absurdities in our approach to education, and in particular, about the war we’ve declared on teachers, but when I began to write about this perverse and specious war, I realized that the war on teachers … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Politics
Tagged avarice, budget cuts, democrats, education, ignorance, ignorance and greed, income inequality, liberals, Our absurd approach to education, politicians as necromancers, poverty, public tv and radio, safety nets, scapegoats, The House of Representatives, the war on teachers, the working poor, welfare for the wealthy, women's rights
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