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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

Edsurge

A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School case study of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! As a case study, consider a typical district literacy initiative, which is anchored on one of the big basal reading programs.

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‘They just saw me as a dollar sign’: How some certificate schools profit from vulnerable students

The Hechinger Report

The company posted more than $175 million in profits between 2004 and 2014, according to a 2016 lawsuit filed by a former company CEO who alleged that he was owed bonus pay. The suit also alleged that Premier had misled potential students about job placement rates and pressured staff to “renounce all academic standards.”.

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