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Teacher Kim Woods works with 9th grader Takija Brewer in her U.S. History class at Muskegon Heights Public Academy High School. The entire staff of the Muskegon Heights school district was dismissed after emergency manager Donald Weatherspoon hired Mosaica Education to manage the district.
—Brian Widdis for Education Week

For-Profit Experiment Plays Out in Two Mich. Districts

Muskegon Heights and Highland Park are testing private companies' skill at running troubled public school systems. (May 1, 2013)

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08/01 10:10 am | Pearson Partners With Backer of Startup Education Companies | A major education company and publisher, Pearson, is set to partner with startup incubator 1776 in hopes to stimulate innovation in education.

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07/31 11:52 am | Virtual Schools in Florida, New Hampshire, to Add Blended Models | Two providers of full-time virtual education joined traditional schools in receiving $6.6 million in grants to support blended learning.

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01/16 08:15 am | Sputnik Moves to New Orbit! | If you've enjoyed reading Sputnik as much as I've enjoyed writing it, I'm sure you'll equally enjoy reading and reacting to my blog at Huffington Post. Farewell Sputnik!

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Industry and Innovation
This section of Education Week examines the education marketplace and new approaches that are changing K-12 education. A grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation helps support the project.

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May 13, 2013 – Education Week
Meaningful educational change can only happen through effective and visionary leadership, write Ronald J. Bonnstetter and Bill J. Bonnstetter. May 13, 2013 – Education Week
The state schools chief decided to remove student data from non-profit inBloom’s database. May 7, 2013 – Education Week
Muskegon Heights and Highland Park are testing private companies' skill at running troubled public school systems. May 1, 2013 – Education Week
New High School Pathways Emerging
Some states are trying to provide meaningful, rigorous, and flexible academic and career options for their students. April 23, 2013 – Education Week
Pressures put on school systems by the upcoming common-core assessments, and increasing emphasis on digital learning, are straining districts' online capacity, the official says. April 23, 2013 – Education Week
Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high-school-equivalency test. April 23, 2013 – Education Week
Buoyed by a local tax, the Texas city aims to open an unusual and ambitious public preschool program in August. April 23, 2013 – Education Week
Some experts are alarmed at what they see as increasingly aggressive moves by companies, but others see those moves as the natural interplay between the private and public sectors. April 22, 2013 – Education Week
When school leaders agree to beta test a product, they know that they may be creating extra work for teachers and administrators, and that they may be forced to carve out class time for trying it out. April 22, 2013 – Education Week

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