Philly Policy News Today

Closed 23 schools and laid off thousands of workers in the face of a deficit that topped $300 million. that spring thousands of students walked out of classes to protest proposals to eliminate after school sports, extracurricular activities and counselors. we spoke to one of the student organizers in the 2013 protests about her concerns. >> classes will be over crowded. the teacher wont be able to teach and school will be hectic. we dont have books, computers and stuff like that. we dont have th...