Public Good vs. Private Profit: Imagine Schools, Inc. in Ohio

Publication Date: 
5/12/2010

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Piet Van Lier

This report examines Imagine Schools, Inc., the nation's largest for-profit charter school management company and found that it has a poor record of performance in Ohio and a business model that includes elaborate school real estate transactions, high management and operations fees, overlapping business relationships with its main authorizer, low spending on classroom instruction, and tight control of school finances and board relationships

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