Our City Our Schools

Parent, student, and community groups across Philly are organizing to improve public schools in their neighborhoods. We’ll keep you up to date on their work.

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

@OCOSPhilly: Students are rallying in front of Corbett office near broad and walnut sts. #phled #walkout215

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

Correction, students marched to Corbett local office. #phled #Walkout215

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

Students from #phled are now marching to city hall. #walkout215

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

#walkout215 #phled the crowd keeps growing.

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

Students are calling for a funding formula and the restoration of unsung levels prior to cuts. #phled #Walkout215

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

More students have joined the rally. #phled #Walkout215

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

Students are gathered outside of school district building as part of #phled #Walkout215

[Philly Student Union @215studentunion]

Arrests happening now outside of @comcast we DEMAND full funding of our schools. #phled #ShutItDown

[Daniel Denvir @DanielDenvir]

Corbett can't visit state's largest city without mass protest http://t.co/fqB0jc6SkO photos & notes from today's #phled protest @citypaper

[Kristen Graham @newskag]

To recap: #PHLed budget "threatens the future of one of America's greatest cities," so SRC refuses to pass it. Story: http://t.co/A8fbDjBUER

[Children First @childrenfirstpa]

@MariaQSanchez:need $70 mil from cigarette tax. Laser focused for the next 8 weeks:we are not opening schools with 1000 less teachers #phled

[Kristen Graham @newskag]

Community gathered outside Jackson School, where a student fell ill & later died. No nurse at the school. #phled

[Kristen Graham @newskag]

Clarke: It would probably benefit us to find a way to have the mayor and Council go to Harrisburg together, and have #PHLed join.

[Chalkbeat Philadelphia @ChalkbeatPHL]

Uncertainty reigns as the School District seeks to avert more cuts http://t.co/nSnf9soF3l #PHLed

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

Students pose with the casket signifying the death of #phled.

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

@215studentunion students demands that politicians stop killing schools. #phled

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

We don't even have our school nurse every day...she's only there twice a week. - @215studentunion student

[Our City Our Schools @OCOSPhilly]

Technical difficulties will not stop group, using he people's mic to be heard. #phled