Education Funding Partners, a for-profit company that facilitates school sponsorships and advertisements, aims to help cash-strapped school districts generate revenue.
Monthly e-newsletter highlights Education Week content on trends in the education industry and new ideas for improving schools.
The former New York City and Miami schools chief goes back to public education after stint as consultant and technology company president.
On Twitter, well-known pundit Diane Ravitch, education department’s Justin Hamilton, and their followers debate the role of private providers of public education.
The governor’s education overhaul plan could give Connecticut’s schools commissioner power to appoint private operators to struggling public schools.
The federal government there is planning to open 2,500 privately managed schools over the next five years.
Partnership aims to educate next generation of education entrepreneurs.