Members named to commission to manage Philadelphia schools … … Schweiker and Philadelphia Democratic Mayor John Street have announced the members of the School Reform Commission (SRC) that will manage the state takeover of …
State takeover of Philadelphia schools paves way for privatization … state of Pennsylvania has taken over the management of the Philadelphia School District, the seventh largest in the United States. The takeover, the largest of …
People's Weekly World Newspaper Online - Parents fight hostile … … The Philadelphia school district has a $216 million deficit, making it subject to state takeover under Act 46 passed in 1998. Late …
State considers takeover of Phildelphia schools … the Philadelphia School District has a deficit of $216 million, a projected shortfall of $1.5 billion over the next five years, it is subject to state takeover …
AFT: Publications: American Teacher: February 2002 Community … … company Edison Schools Inc., could place 60 or more Philadelphia public schools … the takeover plan, made possible by the state's school takeover law, known as …
The Heartland Institute - Philadelphia Schools Face State Takeover …... … Philadelphia Schools Face State Takeover. Threat of school closure prompts legislators to act Written By: George A. Clowes Published …
The Heartland Institute - State Takes Over Philadelphia's Failing … … Hornbeck to shut down the city's public schools. (See "Philadelphia Schools Face State Takeover " School Reform News, June 1998.). …
Understanding state takeover - Philadelphia Public School Notebook …... … Analysis: do Philadelphians still have a voice at the School District? Understanding the state takeover of Philadelphia's schools. by Len Rieser. …
dec_vol_10_no_9_article_1 … However, the governor is poised to take control of the Philadelphia school system in December with a takeover plan that would include Edison Schools Inc., the …
No agreement yet on state takeover of Philadelphia schools … No agreement yet on state takeover of Philadelphia schools Nov 30, 2001 12:00 PM http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/ 2001/11/30/front_page/SCHOOL30.htm. …
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Class activist - Selemawit Tewelde protests school privatization - Brief Article WHEN SELEMAWIT TEWELDE helped organize a sit-in at the Philadelphia Board of Education last December, all she could do was give a speech while 11 of her fellow students risked arrest for occupying t...(Continue Reading)The Philadelphia experiment: the story behind the Philadelphia school district's unprecedented move to turn 20 schools over to for-profit operator Edison GWENCAROL HOLMES, A TALL, SLENDER KANSAN, suppressed a smile whenever angry Philadelphians attacked the track record of her company, Edison Schools. Edison, the New York--based for-profit school man...(Continue Reading)Philadelphia freedom - Brief Article Philadelphia, where America's founders gathered to declare independence and defend liberty, has struck another blow for freedom--and one that could be ......(Continue Reading)Political educator: Paul Vallas became the nation's most sought-after superintendent by bringing order and energy to Chicago's moribund school system - A STEADY TRICKLE OF WELL-WISHERS APPROACH FORMER CHICAGO schools superintendent Paul Vallas during a quiet morning at Petro's, the Greek-run downtown ......(Continue Reading)When school management companies fail: Righting educational wrongs INTRODUCTION Increasing disaffection with American public education has spurred the rise of for-profit school management corporations that are acquiring ......(Continue Reading) |