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Feinstein praised the Ivy League model of athletics for putting the interests of student-athletes first and staving off the forces of corruption he said have hurt much of the NCAA. He pointed to corporate greed as the driving force behind the for-profit professionalization of amateur athletics and cited declining academic standards and low graduation rates as its fallout...
...companies best known for their unfair labor practices, including Nike, Reebok and Liz Claiborne, Harvard helped form the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a group that ostensibly monitors the working conditions in factories. Yet this corporate-dominated organization does nothing to ensure fair labor practices. It relies heavily on for-profit monitoring and has no requirement for the inclusion of workers or worker-allied organizations in the monitoring process. Most importantly, its governing board is dominated by the companies who have it in their best interest to continue to use sweatshop labor. Indeed, the 175 member colleges and universities share...
Like Edison, Chancellor Beacon has less flexibility in the five schools it operates in Philadelphia than it had in previous projects: it must work with unions, a district bureaucracy and students who weren't specially recruited for its schools. But unlike the other two for-profit companies, Chancellor Beacon has been slow to roll out changes, instead beginning the year by studying the problem through teacher surveys, classroom visits and student test scores. In coming weeks the company plans to convene a parent round table, introduce new math and reading curricula and step up training for teachers. "There are things...
...classroom environment that can elude even good teachers. And to their skeptical teacher's amusement, it seems to be working. "When Edison taught us this, I thought, 'This is so corny. My kids won't go for it,'" says Blakney, whose building was taken over this fall by the for-profit company Edison Schools. "But it's a new year. I'm giving...
...given schools to run, and both Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania will provide extensive services atothers. In addition, the panel hired Paul Vallas,who oversaw major reforms in Chicago's schools, as its new district CEO. Butmosteyes, in Philadelphia and around the nation, are focused on the for-profit companies that ambitiously, and controversially, aim to improve failing public schools while rewarding private investors...