A defeatist plan to restructure Philadelphia public schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: "She also writes: “Many of the Philadelphia charters are related to another non-profit that either exists to provide the facility for the school, that provides other support for the school, e.g. fundraising, or that developed the school in the first place. Many of the schools and their related organizations have overlapping boards. The board members are in a complicated position where it may be hard to keep straight to whom they owe primary loyalty.”
The Philadelphia plan appears to be driven largely, though not entirely, by financial considerations, as it is expected that closing schools can save many millions of dollars. It has to be approved by the School Reform Commission, but there’s no mystery about the panel’s opinion; it worked on the plan with Knudsen and others. Mayor Michael Nutter has expressed support for it, saying that it would push control over education down to the school, according to the Inquirer ."
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