Federal Grant Involving Bennett's K12 Inc. Questioned

Autor/inn/en	Hoff, David J.; Davis, Michelle R.
Titel	Federal Grant Involving Bennett's K12 Inc. Questioned
Quelle	In: Education Week, 23 (2004) 43, S.1 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Federal Aid; Elementary Secondary Education; Public Schools; School Choice; Grants; Eligibility; Guidance Programs; Audits (Verification); Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Eignung
Abstract	The services in Arkansas are provided by a federal grant program intended to expand public school choice, even though many others served under the grant have never attended a public school. The U.S. Department of Education's decision to award $4.1 million over the past two years to a project involving William J. Bennett's company--which provides children with computers, art and science supplies, and textbooks--raises questions about whether the privately held, for-profit K12 Inc. benefited from political connections. An "Education Week" review of federal and state documents, as well as information from sources familiar with the grantmaking process, shows that K12 and its Arkansas partner received the grant despite the fact that one project that independent reviewers rated higher was not funded. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10