In Philadelphia right now, seventy schools are in what is called Corrective Action 2, because they have not made Adequate Yearly Progress on standardized tests. The School District has put forward a ‘menu of options’ for what can happen to these schools. These options include privatization, which involve turning over public schools to private companies, called Education Management Organizations. The following article was written by a student at King High School, a school that was taken over by a private company--Foundations Inc.--in 2002.

This is an audio call by PSU students to clean the school district

Time and Location: 4 pm, Thursday, April 24, 440 N. Broad St.

Stand with Philadelphia Student Union, parents and community members to demand that the School District be more transparent and accountable. Students will be washing the School District's windows and calling for full public disclosure and more input on the School District's budget, outside contracts, and Educational Management Organization (EMO) negotiations and evaluations. Come out, get your hands wet, and join the fight for a cleaner school district!

Audio Call To Action, produced by Dan Jones & Candace Carter: Here
Read the story by a Tamieka Tomlinson, student at King High School on future of Philly schools: Here