- Bus Company Keeps Its Eyes on the Road. Every weekday morning, 40,000 school buses operated by Laidlaw Education Services traverse communities across the United States and Canada, carrying 2.3 million children—more than three times as many pupils as its nearest competitor.
- Education Inc. Four leading education investment companies are poised to pour as much as $2 billion into education ventures over the next 12 to 24 months, according to a report by Eduventures.com, a Boston research firm.