To: Darrell Clarke, School Reform Commission, The Pennsylvania State House, The Pennsylvania State Senate, and Governor Tom Wolf
High Quality Public Education For All Youth in Philadelphia
- Give Philadelphia a fully funded Quality Public Education
- Stop putting limitations on student activism and organizing as these are the most important voices in our city's education
- Restore the PFT's contract because we cannot learn without our teachers and they deserve quality sustainable working conditions
- Give teachers the autonomy to organize on behalf of education
- Give Philadelphia education stakeholders local control of our school board
- Stop closing schools and building prisons
- Stop putting limitations on student activism and organizing as these are the most important voices in our city's education
- Restore the PFT's contract because we cannot learn without our teachers and they deserve quality sustainable working conditions
- Give teachers the autonomy to organize on behalf of education
- Give Philadelphia education stakeholders local control of our school board
- Stop closing schools and building prisons
Why is this important?
The youth of Philadelphia are outraged as they continue to struggle for a fully funded quality education. This includes hearing the voices of students who are hurt most by these systematic genocidal policies imposed on them. The youth leaders of Youth United for Change recognize that budget cuts to full time nurses have left two students to die on the Philadelphia School District's time. We urge that folks stand up for what's best for the well-being of young people by returning local control of our school board to the education stakeholders of Philadelphia who care. We stand in solidarity with our teacher allies in reinstating the PFT contract.
For too long, Philadelphia has not made decisions on education policies with the best intent in mind for students of color in our city. This has also been a district that has faced privatization attacks from right-wing school reformist experiments. We do not share this struggle alone as urban districts across the nation are under attack and it is time that this government takes ownership of the continuous oppression of youth of color at the local, state, and federal levels.
For too long, Philadelphia has not made decisions on education policies with the best intent in mind for students of color in our city. This has also been a district that has faced privatization attacks from right-wing school reformist experiments. We do not share this struggle alone as urban districts across the nation are under attack and it is time that this government takes ownership of the continuous oppression of youth of color at the local, state, and federal levels.