Judge Refuses to Block School Takeover Plan
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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.
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