'Revolution' in education learning a hard reality

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Anita Kumar: 'Revolution' in education learning a hard reality, St. Petersburg Times December 8, 2005

Good update on the running of schools by private companies, and especially on the shifting fortunes of Edison Schools, which now manages 61,000 students at about 136 public schools - down from almost 70,000 students at 157 schools a year ago. Interestingly, "the gains in student achievement recorded so far have been largely indistinguishable from improvements seen elsewhere". More...