Alumni leaders of the city’s selective high schools are urging the City Council not to support a move to abolish the single entrance exam that has been the basis of admission to the top-rated schools ...

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This article originally appeared on Chalkbeat Philadelphia. Philadelphia will not use standardized testing to determine admissions to selective middle and high schools for the 2022-23 year and is ...

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