Publication

2005-02-28 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

59,500 words, Guess

Page Count

238 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004018898
  • LibraryThing2839962
  • Goodreads349989

Classifications

  • LCCLB2806.36.S26 2005

Description

Illustrating the successes, failures, and ultimate demise of the largest for-profit manager of public schools, Saltman argues that the failures of The Edison Schools offer valuable lessons for the remaining educational management organizations.

First Sentence

H. Christopher Whittle, a native of Tennessee and the son of a doctor, built a media empire that began in the early 1970s with a series of condensed textbooks at the University of Tennessee. While enrolled at the public university, Whittle and a friend paid graduate students to hone course textbooks down to essential information for the exam.

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