Going Small: Public/Private Collaboration in Restructuring High School Education in Philadelphia

Released January 2009

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RFA examined the planning and early implementation of the School District of Philadelphia small schools strategy for high school reform, focusing especially on the significant role of public/private sector collaboration in developing and carrying out this strategy.

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