10 things you might have missed on the day the Philadelphia School District closed 23 schools
After a long day of protests, Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to close 23 city schools and merge or relocate five others. Four schools — T.M. Peirce and Bayard Taylor elementary schools, Roosevelt Middle, and Paul Robeson High — were spared.
WHYY’s education reporter, Benjamin Herold, observed on Twitter some of the things you might not have seen when reacting to the SRC’s decision.
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