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Cashing-In on Public Schools
August 12, 1998
First HMOs and health care, now EMOs and public education? That's right. Private firms, dubbed "Education Maintenance Organizations" by Wall Street Investment firms, are already managing school districts in some parts of the United States. And more heavy hitters are lining up trying to cash in as lawmakers consider school vouchers and charter schools. On this program we take a look at privatizing education.
Featuring:
Libero Della Piana,senior research associate, Applied Research Center; Representative Annette Polly Williams, D-Wisconsin; John Chubb, director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, Edison Project; Nancy Van Meter, privatization specialist, American Federation of Teachers; Pamela Coxon, volunteer, Thomas Edison School; Alex Molinar, author,"Giving Kids the Business."