Buy Rating.   more »

This was not the best week for several public firms in the school improvement industry.   more »

Delayed SEC filing and finance staff turnover - chicken and/or egg?   more »

A school improvement company betting on "true research-based solutions."   more »

If student performance matters to the state of California and the state's press, why do OFY's outcomes get less attention than its' financial disputes with the state?   more »

An up and coming assessment competitor?   more »

In a move emphasizing "category management"....   more »

Just before going private, Edison purchased urban EMO LearnNow - the first EMO founded and managed by African-American executives - and put on a full-court press to win school management contracts in Philly and nearby Chester-Upland. Both were moves to gain "street-cred." The purchase of LearnNow to impress Philly, the school contracts to impress Wall Street. They were insufficient to keep Edison a public company. But the now privately-held firm put so much of itself on the line in Philly that it is hard to see how it can rebuild confidence with public education buyers of its services if it is seen to fail here. A rejection of Edison by its former champions - Vallas and the SRC - can only be bad news. (And when Edison "catches cold", the rest of the school improvement industry is "starved" for investment cash.)   more »