Quotable:
"[For-profit companies] see public education as a windfall for their bottom line, and they are taking what is an education crisis in Georgia and the nation and trying to make a buck.?? They see children as profit margins."
-Jeff Hubbard, President of the Georgia Association of Educators
Florida Times-Union: More private firms want to run Georgia charter schools
Notable:
2.5%:
Projected annual rate of increase of national per-pupil revenue over the next 10 years, based on historic spending trends and estimations that the federal government's stimulus contribution will grow to approximately $90 billion.
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