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Charters serving at-risk students plead for another chance | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

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Charters serving at-risk students plead for another chance

Recent recommendations from District staff to close two charters pose a difficult dilemma for the School Reform Commission.
Should charters whose mission is to take in the students who are most at-risk – those in foster care, children who have suffered trauma, youth returning from juvenile placement – be shut down if their test scores don't match up to the standard applied at other schools?
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Are low scores always grounds for non-renewal?
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