Thousands of students walked out of class Friday May 17th to say no to drastic budget cuts that will eliminate extracurriculars, nurses, support staff and other programs in schools. They marched from the Phila. School District Headquarters at 440 N.
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Update: Beeber Middle School was taken off of the District's closure list Tuesday, two days before the SRC's scheduled vote on the school. The SRC will continue with a vote on the closure of Stanton Elementary Thursday at 6pm.
In September of 2012 the Chicago Teachers Union led a successful seven day strike that garnered widespread public support and a new vision of quality public education for all students. Watch for perspectives and lessons from the Chicago Teachers Union and CORE during their visit to Philadelphia.
In this episode Naroen Chhin and Sokhom Touch of the One Love Movement make the connections between the deportation crisis affecting their community and the crisis of poverty that affects so many others.
Therese Garvin and Lisa Hogan, both wives of Philadelphia firefighters, experience the effects of cutbacks to Fire Department services firsthand, from station closures, to rolling brownouts, to the shrinking of the firefighter workforce.
Having a drivers license is essential for getting to work, picking up kids from school, and living a dignified life. But thousands of PA families have been struggling to live without basic mobility after the state cancelled their licenses.
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