If the testimony given in Friday's House Education and Labor Committee hearing represents the Department of Education's capacity to manage the transition to the research-based market inherent in NCLB, no right-minded investor should be putting money into school improvement providers. And pro-NCLB members of Congress must understand that without investment, the innovation required to literally leave no child behind and hold the high ground of the global economy will not occur. Congress needs to fix the glitch.   more »

But the high school arena is fragmented by 50 states, and a host of other structural factors. Nothing like the test prep or online higher ed markets where one standardized offering can serve a national market. A nice business, yes. Highly scaleable, doubtful.   more »