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,
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June 26 — 8:13 amThis story has been updated. This story has been corrected to note that it was Ameen Akbar, not Julia Danzy,
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March 7 — 5:07 pmUpdated 3/11 with statement from the School District of Philadelphia A report from the ACLU found widespread understaffing of school-based
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September 21 — 5:47 pmA new report by the Advancement Project and the Alliance for Educational Justice says that police should not be stationed in schools.
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September 13 — 8:19 pmA new report from a coalition of student organizations documents school policing models around the country, examines the practice’s history, and
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June 29 — 11:27 amTwenty-one weeks into this year, there had been 23 school shootings nationwide in 2018 – an average of more than
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April 23 — 11:00 amAfter students across the nation participated in walkouts a second time this year to raise awareness of gun law reform, the
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March 27 — 3:00 pmStudents deserve to attend supportive and well-resourced schools where they feel safe. As students across the country are calling for commonsense gun control,
The School District of Philadelphia has conceded that it did not handle properly an October incident involving a school police officer
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December 12 — 8:54 pmThe parents of a 3rd-grade student called the Philadelphia School District’s process for handling complaints against school police officers “a
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June 23 — 2:45 pmJahyad Thomas-Thornton, a member of Philadelphia Student Union, stood on the steps of District headquarters on a sunny afternoon in