Education and Justice

Especially as the economic crisis leads policymakers to cut even more funds from already underfunded public services, the issue of the right to education in the city is a tremendously relevant one. This panel will examine the fight for publicly funded education and access to information, with contributions from the Baltimore Algebra Project (student-led organization fighting for funding for Baltimore's public schools) and Philadelphia's Coalition to Save the Libraries (a citywide effort to stop the planned closures of neighborhood library branches).