“Reading, Writing, and Racism: The Three R’s of Philly Public Schools”

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:05pm- Frannie Block—Reporter for The Free Press—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her latest article, “Reading, Writing, and Racism: The Three R’s of Philly Public Schools.” You can read the full article here: https://www.thefp.com/p/philadelphia-radical-curriculum-racism-israel. 5:20pm- The No Kings protest is expected to occur in numerous cities across the country this Saturday—including Philadelphia. Will District Attorney Larry Krasner prosecute protesters that turn violent? Nope! During a press conference on Thursday, Krasner shamelessly compared President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. 5:40pm- During a news conference on Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was berated by Sen. Alex Padilla as she attempted to highlight the Trump Administration’s removal of dangerous criminals residing in the U.S. unlawfully. Padilla was so disruptive that he needed to be escorted out of the room by security. 5:45pm- What are Matt’s top 3 favorite Martin Scorsese films of all time? Rich and Justin are disgusted by the list…but, sadly, not surprised.

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0:00.0	The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osparity Private Wealth.
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0:11.7	Call me at 856-252-0107.
0:15.9	Great piece in the free press. I want to welcome to the show. Franny Block.
0:21.6	Franny is a reporter for the free press, and you can follow her on X at Franny Block.
0:28.3	She's formerly at the Des Moines Register.
0:33.6	And Frannie, welcome to the show.
0:35.0	How are you today?
0:36.3	I'm doing well.
0:37.0	Thanks so much for having me.
0:38.8	Absolutely. Your piece, I want to read the title of this, everybody. Reading, Writing, and Racism.
0:43.7	The Three R's of Philly Public Schools. A history and social studies curriculum is asking students to replace the national anthem after critically examining race and racism. So, Frady, what led you to this
0:56.9	story? Are you a Philadelphian or local to the area? I'm not a Philadelphiaan, but I've been
1:03.4	covering schools across the country for the past few years. And so I actually found this story by
1:09.4	connecting with teachers in the school district who raised concerns to me saying they felt that this curriculum not only was it not accurately depicting American history to its students, but it was actively teaching students a very specific narrow worldview and not frankly equipping them to be able to go out into the world and
1:28.9	apply the knowledge that they're getting in high school to the real world because it was so
1:33.5	biased.
1:34.8	And so that's actually how I ended up coming to the story was through the teachers themselves
1:38.2	who were raising the alarm bells.
1:40.1	And these teachers who raise these alarm bells, I mean, they're obviously sick and tired of this.
1:46.2	We're all sick and tired of this.
1:48.3	So who's pushing this?
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