Nominate an Innovation: Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia
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SummaryPhiladelphia’s public schools leave many parents wanting better options for their children. Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) provides four years of tuition assistance to help kindergarten through 8th grade students from low-income Philadelphia families attend the private or parochial school of their choice. It is a unique regional provider of scholarships to students who are early in their academic careers. CSFP emphasizes parental participation in education, and program participants achieve significantly higher educational outcomes than their non-CSFP peers. Critics charge that CSFP draws resources away from public schools, but the nonprofit argues that students cannot wait for the public schools to improve; they need better educational opportunities today.
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