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Protesters decry Philly district's 'overreach' with charters

Dozens of administrators, parents, and students demonstrated outside Philadelphia's school district headquarters Wednesday to protest changes in the district's charter-school policy.

Doriann Stewart, a 12th grader at Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School holds up a sign during a rally for charter schools outside Philadelphia School District headquarters in Philadelphia.
Doriann Stewart, a 12th grader at Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School holds up a sign during a rally for charter schools outside Philadelphia School District headquarters in Philadelphia.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer