Report has public-school advocates enraged. But why?
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A report authored by the Boston Consulting Group for the School Reform Commission and paid for by the William Penn Foundation provides interesting reading on the state of the school district and school reform in general.
Among the most interesting: It doesn't appear to have been written by either Satan or any of his minions. This despite the fact that some parents, school advocates, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and others have characterized the report as a conspiratorial blueprint for dismantling the public system.
They've ascribed nefarious motives to the funder of the study, as well as to a number of other private and monied interests that are providing funding for school reform, such as the Gates Foundation, suggesting that a shadow government is being formed to take over the public