Pennsylvania’s Contentious Charter School Fight

Casey Quinlan, Think Progress
Mon, 06/29/2015 - 10:12am

On Sunday, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill allowing a state-run district, the Achievement School District, to take control of low-performing public schools. The bill would require that the lowest performing schools would make huge changes in three years by converting to charter schools or contracting out work. The legislation is influenced by efforts in Tennessee, where a state-run district, with the same name, has the ability to convert low-performing schools to charters.

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