Before the Mastery Charter Schools decided to make its move into Camden, CEO Scott Gordon set his sights on turning around schools like the William F. Harrity Elementary School in southwest ...

What to knowThe Philadelphia school board is convening for a special action meeting Thursday afternoon to consider the ...

The schools singled out will be expected to provide more information for the board by its next meeting, scheduled for June 26 ...

Mastery Charter Schools focuses on the adults in the building and in particular, the teachers. So far, Mastery’s teaching model has meant that at its turn-around schools – Pickett, Shoemaker, Thomas, ...

Mastery Cs-Harrity Campus is a charter school located in Philadelphia, PA, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Mastery Cs-Harrity Campus is 813 and the school serves K-8.

Mastery Charter Schools has earned bragging rights ... formerly a seventh- and eighth-grade school; and Harrity Elementary, a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school with 810 students.

Turned over to Mastery Charter Schools in 2006 ... They receive about 25 percent less per student than the other city schools. Harrity Elementary is in the second year of its turnaround plan.

faces statutory rape and indecent assault charges for the alleged assault of girl who attended Harrity Elementary School in West Philadelphia. The school is part of the Mastery Charter system.

was arrested on Wednesday. He was a dean of students at Mastery Charter's Harrity Elementary School in the 5600 block of Christian Street in West Philadelphia. Police say the victim was a 14-year ...