Van Jones’ We Rise tour visits Philadelphia
Political commentator and activist Van Jones’ We Rise Tour made a stop at The Fillmore Thursday night to lift the spirits of the City of Brotherly Love and to talk about the problem of mass incarceration. Through a partnership with RocNation, an entertainment company started by rapper JAY-Z, Jones on July 6 began a 14-city tour starting in Los Angeles.
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State legislators considering better guidelines for public school discipline
Pa. guidelines for school discipline may change
After learning about a 6-year-old autistic student who was put in handcuffs for biting his aide in 2013, Phoenixville parent Blake Emmanuel took action. Before she was through, a bipartisan legislative commission had investigated harsh disciplinary practices in schools and concluded that they negatively affect all students, but that children of color and those with disabilities are disproportionately affected.
Philadelphia schools employ 284 counselors; 351 police officers
In Philadelphia, school police outnumber counselors
The study found that in schools with law enforcement, “discipline responsibilities tend to be shifted away from teachers, administrators, and other school staff to the [school police officers].” On average, the data shows a 12 percent increase in reporting “non-serious violent crime” in schools with police officers compared to those without.
Charter school hosts screening of 13th, Oscar-nominated documentary on racialized mass incarceration
Mastery Shoemaker students see a film and discuss mass incarceration
The Notebook is one of 15 news organizations in the Philadelphia Reentry Reporting Collaborative , a solutions-oriented journalism initiative focusing on the challenges of prisoner reentry. Usually, school is the last place that high school students want to be on a Saturday. But on March 11, Quamir Palmer made an exception.
Workshop School students hear A Call to Action on mass incarceration
Workshop School symposium tackles the topic of mass incarceration
Edgar Matta-Galdames knows about the school-to-prison pipeline. Not that the student at the Workshop School in West Philadelphia is in it himself. But he was once suspended for wearing a hoodie to school in violation of the dress code.
Philadelphia district attorney talks about criminal justice system to students at Kensington High School
D.A. visits Kensington High School to talk about rights and responsibilities
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams met Thursday with 60 Kensington High School seniors to talk about education and the law. The visit was organized by English teacher John Lavin, who works closely with the school’s social studies department to bridge the gap between social issues and literature.