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activism, board of education, charter schools, coronavirus, equity, magnet schools, philadelphia school partnership, philadelphia student union, racial equity, school climate, school police, school police officer, school safety, special admit schools

June 26 — 8:13 am

Board supports ‘re-imagining,’ but not disbanding, school police

This story has been updated. This story has been corrected to note that it was Ameen Akbar, not Julia Danzy,

Dale Mezzacappa

commentary, funding equity, philadelphia student union, POWER, school police

June 22 — 9:50 am

POWER: State education funding is a textbook example of structural racism

The Philadelphia Student Union (PSU), a youth organizing group, recently circulated an online petition to demand the removal of all

Roseann Liu
Commentary
protest

activism, board of education, coronavirus, kevin bethel, philadelphia student union, school safety

June 17 — 6:28 pm

General board hearing Thursday likely to focus on school officers and reopening plans

The Philadelphia Board of Education is holding an open public hearing Thursday afternoon, one of two that it is required

Dale Mezzacappa
psu

activism, board of education, juvenile justice, mastery charter schools, philadelphia student union, school safety, school to prison pipeline

June 11 — 6:35 pm

Movement for police-free schools reaches Philadelphia

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing and subsequent law enforcement clashes with protesters, the move for “police-free schools” is

Dale Mezzacappa
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activism, philadelphia student union, race, school police officer, school to prison pipeline, student activism

September 13 — 8:19 pm

Report calls for an end to school police after examining history

A new report from a coalition of student organizations documents school policing models around the country, examines the practice’s history, and

Greg Windle

philadelphia student union, school police officer

December 12 — 8:54 pm

Parents and advocates call for more school-police accountability after incident at Solis-Cohen Elementary

The parents of a 3rd-grade student called the Philadelphia School District’s process for handling complaints against school police officers “a

Darryl C. Murphy
Gardner

aclu, ben franklin, brian burney, harold jordan, julien terrell, karen lynch, maciocha, philadelphia student union, school district of philadelphia, school police officer, william hite

June 23 — 2:45 pm

Youth advocacy group pushes for a complaint system about school police officers

Jahyad Thomas-Thornton, a member of Philadelphia Student Union, stood on the steps of District headquarters on a sunny afternoon in

Darryl C. Murphy
psu

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