K12 - Revision history

Tamasin Cave at 20:12, 13 March 2017

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UK Business

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Tamasin Cave at 11:00, 11 February 2016

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Melissa Jones: /* Affiliations */

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Criticism

Tamasin Cave at 12:03, 2 September 2015

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 It lobbies to replace 'bricks and mortar' classrooms with computers, and replace actual teachers with "virtual" teachers.
-It was founded in 1999 by former [[Goldman Sachs]] executive [[Ron Packard]] and former US education secretary and right-wing talk show host [[William Bennett]].
+It was founded in 1999 by former [[McKinsey & Co]] and [[Goldman Sachs]] executive [[Ron Packard]] and former US education secretary and right-wing talk show host [[William Bennett]].
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 K12 planed to operate a number of free schools and academies in the UK, through its non-profit academy chain, The Erudition Schools Trust. It was established, according to the company, in order 'to bring the very best in innovative, technology-based education to the UK'.<ref>[http://eruditionschoolstrust.co.uk Erudition Schools Trust website], accessed August 2015</ref> The Erudition Schools Trust describes K12 as a 'key partner in our vision for transforming education in the UK.'
-K12 entered the UK schools market in 2011. It took over the running of a three schools, all Midlands-based, and one specialist school, through the Erudition Schools Trust (currently, for-profit companies are not allowed to directly operate schools in the UK, although this may change). However, from 2015 two of its schools transfered to an alternative school chain, the Academies Transformation Trust.<ref>Matthew Bennett, [http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2016/08/players-in-the-market-k12-inc-and-the-erudition-schools-trust Players in the market: K12 Inc. and the Erudition Schools Trust], Local Schools Network, 6 August 2016<ref>
+K12 entered the UK schools market in 2011. It took over the running of a three schools, all Midlands-based, and one specialist school, through the Erudition Schools Trust (currently, for-profit companies are not allowed to directly operate schools in the UK, although this may change). However, from 2015 two of its schools transfered to an alternative school chain, the Academies Transformation Trust.<ref>Matthew Bennett, [http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2016/08/players-in-the-market-k12-inc-and-the-erudition-schools-trust Players in the market: K12 Inc. and the Erudition Schools Trust], Local Schools Network, 6 August 2016</ref>
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 ===UK Business===
-K12 plans to operate a number of free schools and academies in the UK, through its non-profit academy chain, The Erudition Schools Trust. It has been established, according to the company, in order 'to bring the very best in innovative, technology-based education to the UK'.<ref>[http://eruditionschoolstrust.co.uk Erudition Schools Trust website], accessed August 2015</ref> The Erudition Schools Trust describes K12 as a 'key partner in our vision for transforming education in the UK.'
+K12 planed to operate a number of free schools and academies in the UK, through its non-profit academy chain, The Erudition Schools Trust. It was established, according to the company, in order 'to bring the very best in innovative, technology-based education to the UK'.<ref>[http://eruditionschoolstrust.co.uk Erudition Schools Trust website], accessed August 2015</ref> The Erudition Schools Trust describes K12 as a 'key partner in our vision for transforming education in the UK.'
-K12 has so far taken over the running of a three schools in the UK, all Midlands-based, and one specialist school, through the Erudition Schools Trust (currently, for-profit companies are not allowed to directly operate schools in the UK, although this may change). The Trust took over the running of its first school in January 2013, North Walsall Primary School in the West Midlands. It has been renamed The Charles Coddy Walker Academy. In February 2014, K12's Trust sponsored Innovation School Stoke, which provides ‘alternative provision’ for pupils from Watermill School that are SEN, excluded or have been home schooled. In September of that year, Queen Elizabeth Academy became part of The Erudition Schools Trust, as did Kingsbury School the following March, both based in the Midlands.
+K12 entered the UK schools market in 2011. It took over the running of a three schools, all Midlands-based, and one specialist school, through the Erudition Schools Trust (currently, for-profit companies are not allowed to directly operate schools in the UK, although this may change). However, from 2015 two of its schools transfered to an alternative school chain, the Academies Transformation Trust.<ref>Matthew Bennett, [http://www.localschoolsnetwork.org.uk/2016/08/players-in-the-market-k12-inc-and-the-erudition-schools-trust Players in the market: K12 Inc. and the Erudition Schools Trust], Local Schools Network, 6 August 2016<ref>
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 ==Affiliations==
-*member of [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
+*member of [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] [[ALEC]], a conservative lobby group that provides state lawmakers with template legislation. According to a 2014 article by Lee Fang in ''The Nation'': 'K12 Inc.’s lobbyists helped author model legislation to develop sweeping voucher laws through the American Legislative Exchange Council. Though state by state lobbying figures are difficult to come by... K12 Inc. has hired dozens of local officials to ensure that these voucher laws are quickly passed with few amendments. “We have incurred significant lobbying costs in several states,” K12 Inc. noted in a filing with the SEC.'<ref>Lee Fang, [http://www.thenation.com/article/venture-capitalists-are-poised-disrupt-everything-about-education-market/  Venture Capitalists Are Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Everything About the Education Market], ''The Nation'', 25 September 2014</ref>
 * funder of [[Foundation for Excellence in Education]]; emails between FEE and conservative state education officials show that the foundation is working with public officials to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders, such as K12.<ref>Valerie Straus, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/30/e-mails-link-bush-foundation-corporations-and-education-officials/ E-mails link Bush foundation, corporations and education officials], 'Washington Post', 30 January 2013</ref>

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 *member of [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]
-* funder of [[Foundation for Excellence in Education]]; emails between FEE and conservative state education officials show that the foundation is working with public officials to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders., like K12.<ref>Valerie Straus, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/30/e-mails-link-bush-foundation-corporations-and-education-officials/ E-mails link Bush foundation, corporations and education officials], 'Washington Post', 30 January 2013</ref>
+* funder of [[Foundation for Excellence in Education]]; emails between FEE and conservative state education officials show that the foundation is working with public officials to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders, such as K12.<ref>Valerie Straus, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/30/e-mails-link-bush-foundation-corporations-and-education-officials/ E-mails link Bush foundation, corporations and education officials], 'Washington Post', 30 January 2013</ref>
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 ==Criticism==
-A number of newspaper investigations into K12, including one in 2011 by the ''New York Times'', concluded that the company squeezes profits from public school funding by raising enrollment, increasing teacher workload, and lowering standards.<ref>Stephanie Saul, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/education/online-schools-score-better-on-wall-street-than-in-classrooms.html?_r=2&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes&pagewanted=all Profits and Questions at Online Charter Schools], ''New York Times'', 12 December 2011</ref>
+Several newspaper investigations into K12, including one in 2011 by the ''New York Times'', have concluded that the company squeezes profits from public school funding by raising enrollment, increasing teacher workload, and lowering standards.<ref>Stephanie Saul, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/education/online-schools-score-better-on-wall-street-than-in-classrooms.html?_r=2&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes&pagewanted=all Profits and Questions at Online Charter Schools], ''New York Times'', 12 December 2011</ref>
 In 2012-13, US state data became available indicating poor student achievement in virtual schools, as well as high student turnover, high student-teacher radios, uncertified teachers in some states (such as Florida), and a funding formula that often gives companies extended periods of public funds for a child when the child may only stay at the online school for a brief period. This data led some educators to call for a moratorium on the growth of full-time virtual schools, such as those run by K12.<ref>[http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/nepcrbk12miron.pdf Understanding and Improving Full-Time Virtual Schools], National Education Policy Centre, July 2012</ref>
-In 2012, a K12 shareholder sued the company for securities fraud, alleging that the firm made false statements to investors about students' performance on standardised tests and boosted its enrollment and revenues through "deceptive recruiting."<ref>Emma Brown, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-schools-insider/post/shareholder-lawsuit-accuses-k12-inc-of-lying-about-student-test-grades/2012/01/31/gIQAGOXRfQ_blog.html Shareholder lawsuit accuses K12 Inc. of misleading investors], ''Washington Post'', 31 January 2012</ref>
+In 2012, a K12 shareholder sued the company for securities fraud, alleging that the firm made false statements to investors about students' performance on standardised tests and boosted its enrollment and revenues through 'deceptive recruiting'.<ref>Emma Brown, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-schools-insider/post/shareholder-lawsuit-accuses-k12-inc-of-lying-about-student-test-grades/2012/01/31/gIQAGOXRfQ_blog.html Shareholder lawsuit accuses K12 Inc. of misleading investors], ''Washington Post'', 31 January 2012</ref>
 In 2014, a US accrediting body, the NCAA, announced that it would no longer accept coursework completed by students at virtual schools operated by K12,  the first time that a major accrediting body has rejected the education offered by K12 and declared that its credits were unacceptable..<ref>Diane Ravitch,[http://dianeravitch.net/2014/04/22/ncaa-will-no-longer-accept-credits-awarded-by-24-k12-virtual-charter-schools/ NCAA Will No Longer Accept Credits Awarded by 24 K12 Virtual Charter Schools], 22 April 2014</ref>
-See Sourcewatch's page on K12 for a full list of controversies in the US.<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/K12_Inc. K12 profile], Sourcewatch</ref>
+See the US wiki site Sourcewatch's page on K12 for a full list of controversies in the US.<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/K12_Inc. K12 profile], Sourcewatch</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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	'''K12''' is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curriculum as an alternative to regular schooling.		'''K12''' is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curriculum as an alternative to regular schooling.

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	==People==		==People==
		+	*[[Nathaniel A. Davis]], Chair and CEO
		+	*[[Timothy L. Murray]], President

		+	*[[Bryan Flood]] (Bryan W. Flood), Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
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		+	===UK executives===
		+	*[[Karen MacKay]], managing director
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		+	===Former UK executives===
		+	*[[Ron Packard]], former director of Erudition Schools Trust; founder and ex-CEO of K12
		+	*[[James Konantz]], Chair of Erudition Schools Trust Board (resigned 24 July 2015); Senior Vice President, School Services, K12

	==Lobbyists==		==Lobbyists==