Philadelphia Closing 23 More Schools; Parents, Teachers Protest
"Philadelphia is the latest showdown between public education and the charter school "deform" movement. Between under-assessed property taxes and dwindling financial support from the rural Republican-controlled state legislature, our schools have been underfunded for a long time. We have a new superintendent who's been shaped by the Broad Foundation, which seeks to accelerate the charters privatization of big-city urban districts."
