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Phila. children deserve better

After days of listening intently to public responses to a draft plan that could transform our broken and broke public education system, I’m hearing one common thread in the conversation: All children in this city deserve better than the status quo. They are entitled to a high-quality public education that will prepare them for productive and satisfying adult lives. They are also entitled to a safe environment at school so they can focus and learn. And we, as a city, have not delivered. While it’s a demand that has been repeated for decades in Philadelphia and communities across the country, we shouldn’t shelve it as more of the same. We are in a dire situation. This is a moment and if we don’t act boldly now, all of the children we serve pay the consequences of adult failures. That’s just wrong.

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