BCG report on Philadelphia schools draws mixed reaction
On the day that the Boston Consulting Group's exhaustive analysis of and recommendations for the troubled Philadelphia School District was made public, reaction was swift, decisive, and divided.
"Where do I begin? This is not a love story," teachers union president Jerry Jordan said Thursday.
"I think the report shows that BCG has provided some valuable assistance," said Mark Gleason, executive director of the Philadelphia School Partnership.
Six months after BCG was hired to study and suggest how the district should overhaul operations and avoid insolvency, officials released a 118-page document detailing possible changes ranging from closing up to 57 schools to ending seniority-based layoffs for teachers.
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