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More than half of city’s students meet standards

PHILADELPHIA. Mayor Mich-ael Nutter and Superintendent Arlene Ackerman touted improvements in the graduation rate and test scores yesterday in the first year of the School District of Philadelphia’s five-year comprehensive plan.

The next major component begins in the upcoming year in 13 struggling schools called “Renaissance Schools.”

Metro Philadelphia

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