This is a guest post by B-town Errant contributor, Doug Martin. This post was originally published on Mr. Martin’s blog on Fire Dog Lake, and has been republished on B-Town Errant with his permission. As the Indiana State Board of Education decides to hand over Indiana’s so-called “failing” schools to EdisonLearning, Charter Schools USA, and Rupert Murdoch’s Wireless Generation today, it [...]
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Turnaround in Schools is Aggressive Coercive Takeover
(Update below) An Errant favorite Indiana Ed blog, School Matters, is sounding alarms over the State Department of Education’s plans to take-over and sell “turnaround” services to “reform” companies. One company in particular, EdisonLearning. Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett announced last month that the Department of Education had selected Edison, Charter Schools USA, and [...]
