Teachers have stepped forward to talk about incidents of violence and abuse. How big a problem is this in the Philadelphia School District?
Here is The Inquirer's continuing coverage of the issue.
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When you walk into her high school, the first thing you see are bars on the windows, student Mariah Porter said.
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Frank Burd speaks out
Germantown High School math teacher Frank Burd talks about the broken neck on Feb. 23 when a senior pushed him and he fell against James Footman, a ninth grader who punched him in the face.
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City special-ed lapses increase school violence
- Without the help they need, these students commit a disproportionate percentage of assaults on staff.
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Roberta Bellamy talks about son
Roberta Bellamy talks about her son, Kareem, and other children in his autistic support class at Penn Alexander School in West Philadelphia.
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A year of living dangerously
- An autistic child's violence against classmates complicates his right to education - and theirs.
- .pdf: Report on Philadelphia School District’s student disciplinary system
- .pdf: School District’s response to the report
System Discipline Report
In a report released by the district on March 1, 2007, Ellen-Green Ceisler, a consultant hired by the district, was highly critical of the district’s disciplinary system describing it as plagued by inconsistencies, high turnover in personnel, and a lack of training, staff and resources - all leading to a breakdown in procedure and an insufficient transfer of problem pupils out of the schools. Ceisler who previously monitored the Police Department as head of the city's Integrity and Accountability Office. The district sharply disagreed and issued its own response. Here are both reports:
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