Muskegon Heights may be predominantly minority but Redford, the latest to be privatized, is 88% white… it is about class and fiscal "efficiency" which means it is about race but by far not predominantly about race.
-- Alan P. Rudy
On Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 10:15 AM, ken hanly wrote:
> 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 (mailto:sawicky at verizon.net)>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org (mailto: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
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> 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/
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> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:35 PM, <123hop at comcast.net (mailto:123hop at comcast.net)> wrote:
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> > 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.
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