Despite criticism of its performance, Edison Schools wants more business in Philadelphia
One day after a research report panned the test-score performance of outside managers in Philadelphia's public schools, one of those managers--Edison Schools Inc.--says it will seek even more business from the school district. Edison, which operates 20 of the 41 district schools under private management, wants the district to hire it for after-school programming, staff training, data analysis, instructional planning and other services.
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