Phila. taking back 6 privatized schools
Source: By Kristen A. Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), Thu, Jun. 19, 2008
In a blow to the Philadelphia School District's historic privatization experiment, the School Reform Commission voted yesterday to seize six schools from outside managers and warned them that they are in danger of losing 20 others if progress is not made.
...... Of the 38 schools run by outside managers, 16 percent - the poorest performers - will return to district control, 53 percent will get one year to show accelerated progress, and 32 percent will get new, three-year contracts.