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Bain Plan for Public Schools: Astonishing News from Philadelphia « Diane Ravitch's blog

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Astonishing News from Philadelphia

As readers of this blog know, the School Reform Commission of Philadelphia has recommended a vast expansion of charter schools.
It is acting on the recommendation of the Boston Consulting Group, business management consultants with no deep knowledge of education but a deep love of privatization.
The business leaders of Philadelphia are pushing hard for the privatization plan.
But today, the U.S. Attorney for Philadelphia charged a major charter school leader in Philadelphia with multiple violations of the law:
A charter school mogul was charged today in a multimillion dollar fraud case by the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Dorothy June Hairston Brown, who received accolades for students’ test scores and gained notoriety for