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Twenty letters of intent for new school programs for Denver's 2009-10 school year include proposals from successful charter school organizations KIPP, Cesar Chavez Academy and Edison Schools.

Edison Schools learned what career educators have always known: Managing schools isn't easy or particularly profitable.

There were many reasons for the failure of Loucks School in District #150, from strong resistance from the union, wrong principals, weak adminstration and school board and an expectation that the Edison concept ...

The Upper East Sider who pumped TV news and junk-food ads into high schools with Channel One and tried to make money on public education with his Edison Schools is now launching Nations Academy, an ...

The Upper East Sider who pumped TV news and junk-food ads into high schools with Channel One and tried to make money on public education with his Edison Schools is now launching Nations Academy, an ...

A Philadelphia lawsuit has raised questions about security in privatized schools.

A few days ago, I was invited to a phone conference with Edison Schools, the former Chris Whittle/Benno Schmidt operation that would be an "educational management organization" and operate hundreds of schools ...

Edison Schools Inc. , which has long attracted controversy in managing public schools, announced Monday that it has changed its name to EdisonLearning and has bought a California-based software company that ...

Although it is paid to run multiple Philadelphia schools, Edison Schools Inc. is not ultimately responsible for the safety of its pupils, a company lawyer claimed in court today.

In a blow to the Philadelphia School District's historic privatization experiment, the School Reform Commission voted yesterday to seize six schools from outside managers and warned them that they are in danger ...

The Inkster Public Schools district is back in the red, just two years after digging its way out of a fiscal hole with help from a state-appointed financial manager.

The New York State Board of Regents accepted the charter proposed by Riverhead Charter School's board of trustees last week, which means the Calverton-based school can operate for another year.

Stephen Tracy, a former executive with the private education-management company Edison Schools Inc., has been named the city's next superintendent of schools.

Submitted by HelenGym on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:16am. Schools In yesterday's Daily News , the School Reform Commission reported that it would not approve new charter applications, but instead intended to ask ... via Young Philly Politics

School District 150 will see some savings from New York-based Edison Schools in the next school year. via Journal Star

Ah yes, the Summit held for three sessions at Lincoln School. At first the school board wanted to charge $15 per person but the media scotched that idea. via Merle Widmer's Peoria Watch

“It disregards five years and $100 million of investments.”

As the Philadelphia School District approaches a decision next month on whether to keep six outside groups running 38 schools, a controversy is brewing over how the groups are evaluated. via Philly.com

District 150 Board Monday night votes to close Loucks-Edison at end of the school year. via WEEK-TV

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