Students Speak Up and Walk Out Over Citywide Plans for Schools

Today saw the second student walk out in a week by Philadelphia High School Students. Last Friday nearly 100 students at West Philadelphia High School walked out as a call for higher quality education and in protest to increased criminalization of students. This morning 40 students at Auden Ried High School gathered outside to demand that their school not be turned over to Universal Companies, a charter school company. This is part of the School Districts Imagine 2014 plan for schools it has labeled as 'failing'.

Read more about both walkouts at the Philadelphia Notebook:

Audren Ried High School: http://www.thenotebook.org/blog/113345/time-students-walk-audenried

West Philadelphia High School: http://www.thenotebook.org/blog/113335/west-students-walk-out

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