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“Zero tolerance” policies in schools are harming children in Philadelphia, according to this report by Youth United for Change and the Advancement Project. They punish any rule infraction, regardless of severity or circumstances, and often use school expulsion or police involvement even to address minor…

On March 30, the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools led a march of 2000 students, parents, teachers, workers and community members to call for education funding & nonviolent schools. Watch a video of the march. The crowd began forming at Juniper and Filbert streets around 3:30…

Original Source By MILT FREUDENHEIM Cutting health costs by paying doctors more? That is the premise of experiments under way by federal and state government agencies and many insurers around the country. The idea is that by paying family physicians, internists and pediatricians to devote…

By Kristen A. Graham and Dylan Purcell. The Philadelphia School District relies so heavily on suspensions that it excludes students from classes at a rate more than three times higher than the rest of the state. The district issued 46,552 out-of-school suspensions last year for a…

The Philadelphia Foundation was one of the last places Nancy Burd thought she would work. As head of the Philadelphia office of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, a foundation grantee, she knew firsthand that it did not have a good reputation. But during the interview process…

Our City - Our Schools is a call to action from the parents, students, teachers and advocates on the front lines of public education in Philadelphia. Bringing together four community organisations to collaborate on shared priorities, Our City - Our Schools helps its member groups work…

The School District’s zero-tolerance discipline policy does not make school safer, creates a prison-like culture,  costs money - and it keeps students “one minor mistake away from having their life turned upside down,” according to a new report. Philadelphia schools, it said, rely on punitive measures…

On March 30th, 2011, the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools will mobilize a march to fund our schools, not prisons. We extend this call to everyone invested in public education in our city; students, parents, workers and anyone who wants the best for their communities..The Campaign…

On March 30th, 2011 the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools staged a march in response to Gov. Corbett's budget and to push the Campaign's new platform forward. 2,000 people came to show what Philadelphian's prioritize: safe and supportive public schools for our communities. The Campaign for…