School Improvement Industry Online

Making Public Education Better
Helping educators become informed consumers.

NCLB is embedding private enterprise in public education's core teaching and learning functions. The decisions now are who to work with, to what end, and on what terms. School Improvement Industry supports consumers.

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• Every school should track government grants. K-12 Leads and Youth Markets Report covers every federal and state agency offering grants and prizes to schools online. Each item is hotlinked to its source.

Serving a Whole Industry
Improvement Requires Teachers' Support

Pressures to meet NCLB reinforcesthe need to buy programs that actually improve teaching and learning at your school.

Informed consumers study the evidence behind a potential program, it's fit with the school, and the viability of its provider.

There's more. Teachers are students' vital link to education. No k-12 program works unless teachers want it to work.

It may not be apparent, but the idea of partnership is implicit in the business plans providers' present to investors. The high cost of “client acquisition” (e.g. marketing) requires long-term relationships with customers.

Educators' who understand the market have substantial power.
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