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Public education’s core functions are teaching and learning, an endeavor in which private enterprise plays a growing role. Edbizbuzz offers perspective on this emerging school improvement industry. (For entries prior to September 2007, visit the archives.)

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July 15, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Who Should Drive School Safety? Educators, Police, or FEMA?

RFPs identify business opportunities, but they are also a neglected primary source for research on k-12 policy and operations. From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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Announcement: Active Shooter For Schools Training Due August 5 (Jul 10) Missouri Department Of Public Safety, State Emergency Management Agency

Their Description: The contractor shall conduct Active Shooter for Schools training for the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency (hereinafter referred to as the state agency)....

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Preschool Services for Los Angeles and Adjacent Counties

RFPs identify business opportunities, but they are also a neglected primary source for research on k-12 policy and operations. From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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Announcement: State Preschool Program Re-Bid Due August 25 (Jul 11), California Department of Education

Their Description: The California Department of Education (CDE), Child Development Division (CDD) announces the availability of part day State Preschool (CPRE) program funds to provide direct services for an existing CPRE contract for children age from three to five....

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July 8, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Retiree Leaseback - A Back Door to Outsourcing the Teaching Force

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From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report.

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): SES, meet 21st CCLC

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From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report.

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July 1, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Third Party Evaluation is Becoming a Distinct Market Segment

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From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report.

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Assessing Maryland's Tests Against Maryland's Standards

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From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report.

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June 24, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): The State of School District Procurement

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From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Reading First Center Teaches Us About Conflicts of Interest

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From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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June 17, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Do You Offer California a Strategy from Column A, B or C?

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Buld a Turnkey Online Platform for Indiana

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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June 10, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2): Expert Systems for High School Students’ Career Guidance

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1): Fans of Clayton Christensen Take Note

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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June 2, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week: Is There a Business in Schoolyard Habitats?

From Tuesday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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May 27, 2008

School Improvement of RFP of the Week (2): First Steps To a Federal Infrastructure for K-12 Online?

From Tuesday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (I): Can We Expect Independent Program Evaluation if It’s Not Put Out to Bid?

DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, DC City Council, American Enterprise Resident Scholar Frederick Hess, Brown University Professor Kenneth Wong, Public Education Fund, take note (here and here).

From Tuesday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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May 20, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

Outsourcing Educations Agencies' Communications Strategies

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

Supporting Open Source Software

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report


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May 12, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

2008 DC Higher Education Teacher Quality Improvement Partnerships

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

What About These State Reading First Advisory Committees?

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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May 5, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Florida District Considers Extra-Curricular Academic Offerings for Extended School Days a Revenue Opportunity

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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April 28, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Offered a day early because I plan to write more on integrated emergency planning for school districts.

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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April 22, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

Getting on a State's List of Recommended Positive Behavior Interventions

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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April 15, 2008

School Improvement RFP(s) of the Week

Six Glimpses Into the Evolving Market for Professional Development Services

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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April 8, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

A (Problematic) Single-Sex Public School Opportunity in Atlanta

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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April 1, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Like Supplemental Educational Services, but Without the Educational Performance Requirement

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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March 25, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

The Program Effectiveness Standard for SES Providers in Kentucky

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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March 18, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

Why Such Short Notice for a Major Department of Education RFI With Small-Business Potential?

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

Will Response-to-Intervention (RtI) Go Mainstream?

From Monday's issue of K-12Leads and Youth Service Markets Report

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March 11, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Basic Evaluation Still Counts for Market Entry in Colorado School Improvement

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March 4, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Juvenile Justice Offers A Parallel State System of Public Education

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February 26, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Gaining the Right To Enter a State Market in District Services

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February 19, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Two Examples of the "Consulting Architect" Concept in School Improvement Programs

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February 12, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

A Comprehensive School Reform RFP “by any other name” Would Smell as Sweet

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

Federal Prison High School and Vocational Education - What About Online Delivery?

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February 5, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week

Strategic Planning for Yuma Unified High Schools

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January 29, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

Contracts to Turn Around New Orleans' Failing Schools

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

Federal Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program

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January 22, 2008

School Improvement RFP of the Week (2)

Digital Humanities Grant as Staff/Product Development Funding

FYI: The humanities include the classics, history, languages and literature, law, performing arts, philosophy, religion, visual arts.

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School Improvement RFP of the Week (1)

Summer School is an Obvious Start at Revenue Diversification

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