Edison schools suffer in city parents' survey
Source: By Susan Snyder, Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), Wed, Mar. 08, 2006
At 22 Philadelphia public schools run by the for-profit Edison Schools Inc., teachers aren't the only ones grading. Parents get a shot, too. And results show that a smaller percentage of parents are satisfied with its schools in the City of Brotherly Love than at Edison-run schools nationwide. .... Student and staff satisfaction levels in the city also fell below company averages nationwide. In Philadelphia, 69 percent of students and 74 percent of staff members gave A's or B's, compared with 78 percent of students and 86 percent of staff overall.