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

[123hop at comcast.net]

Charters are all kinds of things. While they might not be for profit in formal terms, there is no accountability for how they are run, how much teachers are paid, how much admins are paid. Call it profit or not, the drift is toward mega outfits to come in and "rationalize" the process. The potential for corruption is huge and this potential has been more than realized. 

Joanna 

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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 
> > > 
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