While the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act have some districts fighting to raise the achievement of students who aren't
performing at grade
level, the 185,000 - student Philadelphia district plans to
expand greatly the number of enrichment programs for its students.
«Should existing charter authorizers and operators who have a portfolio of schools that consistently
perform at horribly low
levels... deserve to automatically
expand their number of schools without any accountability or responsibility?»