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

shag carpet bomb shag at cleandraws.com
Thu Jun 21 17:56:15 PDT 2012


charters aren't for profit? didn't Edison run for profit charters which performed really poorly. Vaguely remember some controversy when a former prez of f Yale was brought on board.

At 05:15 PM 6/21/2012, Max Sawicky wrote:
>Sorry, haven't followed this much since the book.
>
>My impression is that charters -- a different model -- are much more
>prevalent than the unholy marriage of a for-profit firm managing otherwise
>public schools.
>
>
>On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:15 AM, ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> 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
> >
> >
> > Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html
> > Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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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