Philadelphia: Principal Says, “My School Needs Support, Not Competition”
Nimet Eren, principal of the public Kensington Health Sciences Academy, runs a public school for 465 students that is open to all and offers four career pathways. Recently the school learned that a new charter would open nearby offering the same program.
The principal was told that the competition would “help” her school by providing a “model” of what her school was already doing successfully.
She writes:
During the summer of 2019, the Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP), a nonprofit organization that invests in educational projects across the city, met with me to discuss the goals we had for our school. We talked extensively about what we have learned from the partnerships we have created, especially in medical settings. Then, PSP asked to visit us on Sept. 25 for the morning. It was a wonderful visit, and our teachers and students were engaged in great learning, as they are every day. The day finished with an in-depth conversation about the challenges of building partnerships with CONTINUE READING: Philadelphia: Principal Says, “My School Needs Support, Not Competition” | Diane Ravitch's blog