Students Demand Change At Philly High School

While we're in an economic meltdown, and experiencing an historic presidential campaign, there's always the real world occurrences that display what the next generation of African American Students are facing throughout our country. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that on yesterday, students at Sayre High School In West Philadelphia demonstrated to demand change at their school. The students were protesting the school districts handling of a Sept. 17 disruption at the school in which 20 students were arrested, and allegedly 50 police officers swarmed the school, brandishing batons, tasering students, and beating at least one student.

Unfortunately this is a real world occurrence that's happening at schools and to students all around our country in our inner cities. Teachers are leaving in droves, students are attempting to learn under adverse conditions, and schools are suffering from a lack of funding. Barack Obama has stated that education is one of his top priorities, I can't wait to see how he addresses the issue.