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Video: Charter School Turnaround
A video goes inside the former Shoemaker Middle School in Philadelphia to examine its progress after being taken over by the Mastery Charter School network in 2006.
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A look at the progress of Shoemaker Middle School in Philadelphia after it was taken over by the Mastery Charter School network in 2006. Four times as many students are proficient in math, and violence is down 80 percent compared to just a few years ago.
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