Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Make it better in schools right now | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Make it better in schools right now | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Make it better in schools right now

“I’m afraid my whole life is going to be like this. People will always be calling me names.” -Jordan, 8th grader, inConfessions of an Urban Principal: October


Asher Brown recently committed suicide. He was 13 years old. He shot himself in the head with his stepfather’s gun. According to media reports, he was relentlessly bullied and tormented by other students in his school.