Education

Shadow School Choice: When Public Schools Turn Students Away 

  • Rachel Langan
  • March 19, 2025

Summary The School District of Philadelphia outsources special education to private schools when the district is unable to meet the student’s special education needs. The U.S. Department of Education guarantees…

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Details Emerge on Philly Union Negotiations

  • James Paul
  • November 29, 2016

Intrepid reporter Kristen Graham of the Philadelphia Inquirer unearthed several details from contract negotiations between the school district of Philadelphia and the local teachers’ union, the Philadelphia Federation of…

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Education

Save Our Schools or Save Our Kids?

  • May 23, 2012

Throngs of anti-parental choice supporters have rallied in Philadelphia today, demanding more taxpayer dollars for their cause.  According to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Kristen Graham via her Twitter feed @newskag,…

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Education

Philadelphia private school managers a failure or success story?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 3, 2008

The Fordham Institute blasts a Philadelphia Inquirer story calling the Philadelphia public school’s removal of six private managers a “blow to the experiment”: Kristen Graham of…

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