Bill Ivey's Profile

The zealots have decried “progressive” ideas as the root of all educational evil, from the “collapse” of standards to the enfeebling of character-formation by moral relativism and “multiculturalism.” The hypocrites, meanwhile, have determined that the education systems that produced them could never mass-produce “common” citizens. In compromise, the two sides both have embraced a test-driven, three-R’s-focused, teacher-loathing model of schooling, most succinctly represented by the doublespeak of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Virginia-based K12 recently opened an office in Dubai to
expand overseas. Packard says he expects strong offshore demand
for American primary and secondary education tailored for
foreign nationals who want to enter U.S. universities.