“Groundbreaking Academic Improvements” in Philly Schools? Hardly!

Originally published by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Imagine a hospital with a 17% survival rate. Would you be willing to listen to the hospital’s CEO brag about his facility’s “groundbreaking health improvements”? Probably not.

So why celebrate a school district where only 17 percent of fourth graders can read at grade level?

That’s precisely what happened during the most recent Council of Great City Schools’ annual conference. Conference attendees celebrated the Philadelphia School District and its “groundbreaking academic improvements.” The district has trended in the right direction on some measures, but below projected targets and pre-pandemic levels.

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