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Across any struggling school system, there are bright spots — schools where students are doing better than expected despite significant challenges.

That’s the idea behind millions of dollars in new grant funding announced this week by the nonprofit Elevate 215, which has fundraised and given more than $100 million to Philadelphia schools over the last decade.

This article first appeared on WHYY.org

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