Students Trapped in Violent Schools Need an Escape

Originally published by Broad + Liberty.

Violence terrorized students at Carrick High School in Pittsburgh. A student armed with a knife stabbed three other students—two of them critically. As a parent, I can only imagine the panic and fear that these children and their families experienced.

What happened at Carrick is one of many examples of a frightening pattern of violence running rampant in countless public schools across the commonwealth and the nation—and far too many students remain trapped in these violent institutions.

Federal and state laws require states to identify “persistently dangerous” public schools. Students attending these schools have a lawful right to transfer to a safer school—either in their own district, a neighboring district, or a charter school.

Read more at Broad + Liberty.