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Education

The central problem with education in Philadelphia as the Citizen Voices describe it is:

Too many city students are graduating unprepared for life.

This framework gives an overview of education as it plays out in Philadelphia, describing three different choices for dealing with the issue.
Click a link for a full discussion of that point of view:

  • Sharpen the mission
  • Scrap the system
  • Support the system

    This framework formed the basis for deliberation at the Citizen Voices Issue Conventions held on Saturday, April 24, and will be used again in the Fall before the general election.

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