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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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The state schools chief decided to remove student data from non-profit inBloom’s database. May 7, 2013 – Education Week
May 7, 2013 – Education Week
Super-powered classrooms require hardworking, learning-oriented teachers, and support systems that fortify those teachers with the right tools, says the deputy director for effective teaching at the Gates Foundation. May 6, 2013 – Teacher
Students Conduct Fieldwork for Scientists' Research
Through "citizen science" projects, students leave the classroom to collect data for scientists and get hands-on experience. May 6, 2013 – Education Week
Federal officials should help create a coherent system of supports for research-based innovation in schools, Robert E. Slavin writes. May 1, 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
Serious efficacy studies can start as high as $150,000, a price tag that keeps most smaller market players from commissioning similar studies. April 22, 2013 – Education Week
Educators are trying to make smart decisions about what learning products they use based on limited, and sometimes questionable, research about those products. April 22, 2013 – Education Week
Districts' decisions about whether to contract out services or keep them in-house are influenced by myriad and often competing factors. April 22, 2013 – Education Week

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