Pew study of 12 districts finds that closed schools are most often reused as charters | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Pew study of 12 districts finds that closed schools are most often reused as charters

by Dale Mezzacappa

More than 40 percent of shuttered school buildings in 12 cities were ultimately reused as charter schools, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts study of 12 big cities that have undergone substantial downsizing of their traditional districts.
The reasons, according to the report: the buildings are most suited as schools, public policy that encourages charter growth, the availability of tax-exempt bonds, and the availability of funding from private foundations.

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The sale of Rudolph S. Walton Elementary School, which closed in 2003, to KIPP Philadelphia Charter School and MIS Capital LLC was approved last November.

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Nathaniel Hamilton/NewsWorks

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