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Ackerman: I was threatened over the King charter deal

September 17, 2011

By Bill Hangley Jr.
for Newsworks and the Public School Notebook
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Arlene Ackerman claims she was pressured multiple ways to overturn the King charter contract. (AP Photo)

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Arlene Ackerman, Philadelphia's recently departed superintendent of schools, claims she was threatened last spring with disclosure of embarrassing information about her personal finances if she did not help a politically connected bidder, Foundations Inc., land a lucrative charter contract for Martin Luther King Jr. high school.

"I was told by someone that if I didn't get my mind right about this Foundations situation, that something would be leaked about my finances
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