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Stand With Students! Philadelphia Youth Mobilize For Educational Equity
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DaveW & Todd Wolfson Media Mobilizing Project | 10.14.2007
On Wednesday (10.17.07) the Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) calls on students, parents and community members across the city to join them in a rally at the School District Headquarters at 440 N. Broad at 4PM. The specific aim is to proactively impact the way the school district deals with troubled schools, known as Corrective Action II Schools. More broadly however, PSU is pushing for educational equity across the state and school district. As PSU organizers explain, the schools of the region are marked by deep inequity. Nearby suburban school districts allot up to $19,000 a year per student while Philadelphia Public Schools allot approximately $10,000 per student. Recently, The Media Mobilizing Project sat down with members of the Philly Student Union to learn more about the upcoming action. See Video | Read the PSU Press Release  “The root cause of the Corrective Action II problem is that we don’t have enough resources. Even though we don't yet know the district's plan, we must begin to organize now to make sure that more of our schools are not privatized. School districts with enough resources are not dealing with these pressures and there’s something wrong with that.” stated Ruth Kodish-Eskind, senior at the High School for Creative and Performing Arts and a member of PSU. PSU is a youth led organization, and as stated on the website, it exists to "build the power of young people to demand a high quality education in the Philadelphia public school system. " Please support them this Wednesday.
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Submitted by daby (not verified) on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 11:24amsurely you mean wednesday the 17th?
Wed 10.17!
Submitted by tw (not verified) on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 9:18pmyou are absolutely right. We fixed it.
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