It has been done for months. It calls for a return to local control and says residents see the district as worse off.
A 35-member task force appointed by Mayor Street a year ago to examine Philadelphia School District operations and governance recommended that the district be returned to local control by July 2010, but only if conditions are met.
 
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Parents and citizen advocates yesterday expressed outrage at news that the Philadelphia School District spent $700,000 on a management audit that then was left unread by top officials for nearly a year.
Consultants painted a bleak organizational picture - in a report that largely went unnoticed.
The results of a management study that cost the Philadelphia School District nearly $700,000 have languished unread by top officials for almost a year, The Inquirer has learned.
 
Kristen Graham | Snakes and snails, but for girls
A program run by the Academy of Natural Sciences helps change young lives.
Slipping on the too-big blue lab coat, Evelyn Ogden was transformed, literally. In the moment it took her to get the thin cotton over her shoulders, she morphed from giggly 15-year-old to scientist.
 
Temple bets on home buyers
The university has a $500,000 program to help its workers become homeowners in surrounding neighborhoods.
With growth and development surging in North Philadelphia, Temple University president Ann Weaver Hart wants university employees to play a stronger role in the residential communities surrounding the university.
 
Daniel Rubin | Higher strata of collegiate life
The letter arrived by airmail from Liverpool. The gentleman was inquiring whether he could reserve a room with a private bath for his next visit.
 
False threats frustrate school districts
Administrators look for ways to deter actions such as the one that closed Radnor High yesterday.
A bomb threat scrawled on a chemistry room door at Radnor High School yesterday probably achieved exactly what its author intended - an early start to the weekend.
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