For-Profit Organizations (EMOs) in K-12 Education- Annual Report

Dear Commons Community,

The National Education Policy Center recently issued its latest report, Profiles of For-Profit Education Management Organizations.     This annual report documents the extent of the EMO industry in the United States.  Highlights from this report include:

  • 729 schools were operated by EMOs in 2009-2010;
  • 353,070 students were enrolled in schools operated by EMOs in 2009-2010;
  • In terms of performance and based on a crude Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measure, 53% of EMO operated schools met the AYP and 47% did not meet AYP.

The report concludes that while the EMO industry has seen remarkable growth since the 1990s when data first was collected, the growth in recent years has been relatively  modest.

Tony

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