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Going Small: Public/Private Collaboration in Restructuring High School Education in Philadelphia

Released January 2009

RFA examined the planning and early implementation of the School District of Philadelphia small schools strategy for high school reform, focusing especially on the significant role of public/private sector collaboration in developing and carrying out this strategy.

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