Ron Packard, previously at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, knows a good thing when he sees it. He was formerly CEO of online charter chain K12 Inc., where he was paid $5 million a year to run the business. Now he calls himself an “educator” and plans to open a new e-school in Ohio. After the collapse of ECOT, which siphoned $1 Billion from taxpayers, you would think Ohioans would say no.
Apparently the lesson educator Packard draws is that the market needs another e-school to replace ECOT.
This one, he says, will be better than ever. Bigger, better, better. And some people will believe him.
Every dollar he gets will be withdrawn from a public school.
When will the legislature ban these faux schools?
Better yet. Limit the owner’s salary to be no greater than that of a superintendent. He will leave.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Not anytime soon. He has acquired a batch of charter schools in multiple districts in addition to taking the “open slot” for an e-school caused by the ECOT fiascos. K12 INC is way ahead in televised advertising for students
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“When will the legislature ban these faux schools?”
When the majority of voters replace all the corporate and billionaire owned minion elected legislators with progressives that refuse to take dark/corporate money.
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Bill Gates’ political efforts have delivered the situational opportunity for his and Zuckerberg’s schools-in-a-box.
Some thanks go to the Center for American Progress, which, surprise, got funding from Gates.
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Bill Gates is a FRAYD. Bill Gates is a threat to this country, to democracy, and to education.
Bill Gates is the purveyor of inferior software and continues to get away with fraud.
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