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Pennsylvania SRC approves five charters, all with conditions, out of 39 applicants [View all]
PHILADELPHIA: Protesters from Youth United for Change and Action United disrupted a meeting of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to stop the approval of 34 new charter schools. In the end, only 5 new charters were approved, and though the 29 rejected applications can be appealed to a new state commission, the night was a victory for advocates of better oversight of the charter school industry.
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http://thenotebook.org/blog/158244/live-blog-src-vote-39-new-charter-school-applications
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