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Friday Jun 26 | Atlanta Business Chronicle

For-profit private school network startup looking at Atlanta

School days: Edison Schools Inc., a for-profit manager of public schools, manages the Drew Charter School in Atlanta's East Lake Neighborhood.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, Education, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Why not sever school districta s pricey ties to private company?

Because School District's deal with Edison Schools Inc. gives it no out over costs, and the company mostly has had big success Archive of Sun education stories Beyond the Sun Edison Schools Inc.

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Related Topix: Education, Education Etc., Standardized Testing

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Perfect Duluth Day

DNT Watch: Headline changes, but little else

Yesterday the Duluth News Tribune online version printed an article on Edison Schools which is listed in the search above.

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Related Topix: Education

Tue May 26, 2009

The Real Deal

Conde Nast jettisons office space

Magazine giant Conde Nast is shedding office space at 485 Lexington Avenue, the New York Post reported.

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Related Topix: Education

Sat Apr 11, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Teach for America: Conservative movement or civil rights crusade?

April 11, 11:39 AM Add a Comment Feed Boosted by KIPP founders' support. The following is a guest post by Jesse Alred, a 14-year veteran teacher in Houston public schools who made contact via a comment posted on the www.sfschools.org blog.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., World News, India, Education, Sports

Thu Apr 09, 2009

Physics Blog

Study: Privatized Philly schools did not keep pace

Public middle-grades schools placed under private management in 2002 as part of a state-run overhaul of the Philadelphia School District did not keep pace with the rest of the city's public schools, according to a study published in the American Journal of Education .

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins University, Education, University of Chicago

Wed Feb 25, 2009

Daily Pennsylvanian

Phila. schools managed by for-profit companies post better math scores, study says

New management by an outside company may help some of Philadelphia's failing schools make the grade.

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Related Topix: Education, Temple University, Education Etc.

Wed Feb 11, 2009

Philly.com

Study shows math advances in Phila. for-profit schools

Students in the city's public schools that are managed by for-profit companies perform better in math than those attending schools run by the Philadelphia School District, according to a study released ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Harvard University, Education, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Fri Dec 05, 2008

NY Daily News

Juan Gonzalez

Deputy Schools Chancellor Christopher Cerf violated city conflict-of-interest law by soliciting a $60,000 charitable contribution from executives of his former firm while the company did business with the ...

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Related Topix: Education

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