Spring 2001: Vol. 1, No. 1
Theodore R. Sizer and Nancy Faust Sizer
During the 1999–2000 school year, public school districts spent some $35 billion on goods and services provided by private, for-profit businesses—about 10 percent of the nation’s annual K–12 education budget.
The recent entry of for-profit schools into the K–12 arena is an intriguing trend.
