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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

aclu, discipline policies, juvenile justice, school police officer

March 7 — 5:07 pm

ACLU report: Schools short-staff mental health services while over-policing students

Updated 3/11 with statement from the School District of Philadelphia A report from the ACLU found widespread understaffing of school-based

Greg Windle

activism, discipline policies, school police officer, whyy news

September 21 — 5:47 pm

Report: Stationing police in schools is costly, causes trauma for students of color

A new report by the Advancement Project and the Alliance for Educational Justice says that police should not be stationed in schools.

Darryl C. Murphy
WHYY NEWS

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

school police officer, school safety, school violence

June 29 — 11:27 am

In wake of school shootings, new report seeks to shed light on role of school police

Twenty-one weeks into this year, there had been 23 school shootings nationwide in 2018 – an average of more than

Darryl C. Murphy

school police officer, school safety

April 23 — 11:00 am

Philadelphia Student Union talks about school policing on Columbine anniversary

After students across the nation participated in walkouts a second time this year to raise awareness of gun law reform, the

Darryl C. Murphy
psu Our Lives Our Future event

commentary, school police officer, school to prison pipeline

March 27 — 3:00 pm

Opinion: Arming teachers and putting more police on campus jeopardizes safety

Students deserve to attend supportive and well-resourced schools where they feel safe. As students across the country are calling for commonsense gun control,

Commentary

school police officer

December 28 — 5:11 pm

School District says it did not handle incident at Solis-Cohen Elementary properly

The School District of Philadelphia has conceded that it did not handle properly an October incident involving a school police officer

Darryl C. Murphy
Gardner

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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