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Black leaders ask: Is the Philadelphia School District ‘targeting’ minority-led charters?

Over the last five years, most Philadelphia charter schools that have closed or agreed to close if they don't meet district conditions have been minority-led. "There's a pattern of different treatment," one black charter leader said.

Students and supporters of Global Leadership Academy Charter School march down Broad Street on May 23, asking the Board of Education to approve its request to add a high school. The school's leader is among those who say the school district treats black-led schools unfairly.
Students and supporters of Global Leadership Academy Charter School march down Broad Street on May 23, asking the Board of Education to approve its request to add a high school. The school's leader is among those who say the school district treats black-led schools unfairly.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer