[lbo-talk] Historical moment: the first full privatization of a U.S. public school district

[ken hanly]

 I see the book you reference and are co-author of was written way back in 1996. Any idea how much privatization has grown since then? I see that in the Muskegon situation the only two bids are from companies that have a less than stellar record. Is this mostly a minority district?

Cheers, ken

 
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 From: Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net>
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 6:37:36 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Historical moment: the first full privatization of a U.S. public school district

 
The entire city of Hartford turned over its schools for management to a
for-profit firm, some years back.  The whole deal collapsed after some
months.

As discussed herein:

http://www.epi.org/publication/books_riskybizintro/

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:35 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> No, the twist is the story. It is predominantly the inner city minority
> school districts that are being privatized under the aegis of "rescue."
>
> But really, it's because they're the most helpless.
>
> Joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Re: "The Muskegon Heights School District "
>
> [WS:] This is a predominantly African American district in the
> predominantly white part of the state, which I think adds an
> interesting twist to the story.
>
> --
> Wojtek
>
> "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."
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