Much was made over Philadelphia's recent decision to assign management of dozens of schols to private contractors. What the administrators didn't count on, however, is that one of its major contractors - Edison Schools Inc. - might become suddenly and dramatically financially unstable. Now they are having second thoughts in Philadelphia as they learn, some for the first time, one of the stark realities of running public services through private contractors: public services, unlike businesses, cannot be allowed to fail.
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