Does Eating a Free School Lunch Give Kids “an Empty Soul?”
Just about everyone admits the importance of eating lunch – especially for growing kids in school. But if you get that lunch for free, does it leave you with “a full stomach and an empty […]
Smashing Apples
Don’t Be Fooled: Betsy DeVos Still Loves Common Core
Poor Betsy DeVos. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Education Secretary has spent her entire adult life advocating for Common Core, but now she has to pretend like she doesn’t like it. In fact, if you […]
What Diane Ravitch Means To Me
Am I crazy? That’s what many of us had been wondering before we read Diane Ravitch. As teachers, parents and students, we noticed there was something terribly wrong with our national education policy. The Emperor […]
Justifying My 64 hour Work Week
Every semester I along with all my colleagues have to fill out a “Faculty Workload Analysis.” The analysis is part of the “Snyder Report” – much catchier than the official title, the “Instructional Output and […]
APSCUF Strike Day 1 – KU Spotlite
More student media coverage from Kutzown University. This piece created for the show KU Spotlite by Jeff DePalma, Josh Watkins, Nadia Marblestone, Emily Meiberlien, and Molly Makowski. Jeff DePalma (Film, Edit, Director); Josh Watkins (Host […]
APSCUF Strike at Kutztown – KUTV
Student media was ever-present during the first day of the APSCUF strike on Kutztown Universtity. Two KUTV students, Tyler Snyder and Amanda Sergeyev produced this excellent piece yesterday and worked with Raging Chicken Press last […]
As Historic Strike Deadline Grows Near, PASSHE and APSCUF Negotiators Go Media Silent
On Wednesday, October 19, about 5,000 faculty members teaching in the PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) will either have a tentative contract agreement or they will be on strike. That has been the […]
We’re PASSHE Students. Here’s Why We Stand With Faculty
As students, we stand in solidarity with our faculty and coaches in their fight for a fair contract. Our faculty are the foundation of the PASSHE system. They uphold the highest standards of education. They […]
The October Surprise Could Come On The 19th In Pennsylvania
The fate of the 2016 election may boil down to the intractable disagreement between two groups in Pennsylvania whose names most people have never heard. One, known as PASSHE – the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education […]
APSCUF’s Resolve Hardens; Calls for Public Pressure on State System to Bring Negotiations to Resolution
In the morning session of APSCUF’s Legislative Assembly meeting, faculty delegates received the unvarnished news about the state of negotiations from the union’s chief negotiator Stuart Davidson. Davidson emphasized that PASSHE’s behavior at the bargaining […]