Ex-Chairman Archie and State Rep. Evans maneuvered over who would get MLK High contract, a report asserts
State Rep. Dwight Evans and Robert L. Archie Jr., former chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, waged a relentless Godfather-style campaign to ensure that a New Jersey nonprofit would win a contract to manage Martin Luther King High School and, when that failed, pressured the Atlanta company that won the contract to back out.
Ackerman says she was pressured to get King charter pact for nonprofit tied to State Rep. Evans
When then-Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene C. Ackerman found herself under pressure over a contract to run Martin Luther King High as a charter school, she said, she turned to Mayor Nutter for help.
In Phila. talk, school reformer Rhee targets seniority
Michelle Rhee, the former head of public schools in the District of Columbia, urged young teachers Thursday in Philadelphia to back legislation that would end layoffs based on seniority.