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Conner, Jerusha; Rosen, Sonia – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2013
Philadelphia has a rich history of high school student activism, stretching back to 1967, when 3,500 Philadelphia students walked out of their schools, marched to the Board of Education, and demanded the addition of black history courses taught by black teachers, the removal of police from high schools, and an increase in the hiring of black…
Descriptors: Public Education, Activism, Advocacy, Student Empowerment
Bhimji, Fazila – Educational Foundations, 2007
This article examines African American, Latina/o, and White high school students' assertions of cultural and ethnic identities as they struggle for their educational rights in Los Angeles and Philadelphia. In doing so, this study illustrates the ways in which alternative spaces outside the formal context of schools facilitate expressions,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Young Adults, Cognitive Structures, High School Students