Judge Refuses to Block School Takeover Plan
From Times Wire Reports
A judge refused to block the hiring of a company to help run Philadelphia’s troubled schools in what would be the nation’s biggest experiment in school privatization.
Commonwealth Court President Judge Joseph Doyle in Harrisburg denied a request to bar the city’s new school reform commission from contracting with Edison Schools Inc., the nation’s largest for-profit education company.
Last week, the state took the first step in the privatization plan by assuming control over the 210,000-student school system.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
