NYT: Inexperienced Companies Chase U.S. School Funds

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/education/10schools.html

With the Obama administration pouring billions into its nationwide campaign to overhaul failing schools, dozens of companies with little or no experience are portraying themselves as school-turnaround experts as they compete for the money.

A husband-and-wife team that has specialized in teaching communication skills but never led a single school overhaul is seeking contracts in Ohio and Virginia. A corporation that has run into trouble with parents or the authorities in several states in its charter school management business has now opened a school-turnaround subsidiary. Other companies seeking federal money include offshoots of textbook conglomerates and classroom technology vendors.

Many of the new companies seem unprepared for the challenge of making over a public school, yet neither the federal government nor many state governments are organized to offer effective oversight, said Jack Jennings, president of the Center on Education Policy, a nonprofit group in Washington.

“Many of these companies clearly just smell the money,” Mr. Jennings said.

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[Nite Owl]

1. Well, the private sector always

does things better don't ya know that? .:sarcasm:



I'm sure Arnie will love them since they aren't experienced and not union.

[MichiganVote]

2. But what about all those greedy, sexed up, incompetent, abusive educators?

:sarcasm:

[fogonthelake]

3. they are under the bus.

[snot]

4. K&R'd. Education control is the third, main leg of the 'con thrust for power.

(the first two being 1) media control (thru media ownership and the destruction of net neutrality) and 2) election control (thru electronic voting).