by David Safier The “original maverick” has been suffering a crisis of conscience lately, spending sleepless nights looking in the mirror and not liking what he sees. No wonder. McCain promised to run a “respectful campaign,” but when he was asked about his Paris Hilton/Britney Spears ad, he said “I don’t think our campaign is … Read more
by David Safier K12 Inc. effectively put an end to the outsourcing story I’ve been covering by stating uncategorically that sending student papers to India to be graded was a mistake — or, as they call it, a “glitch” due to “growing pains” — and they’re discontinuing the program. K12 has left too many questions … Read more
by David Safier Today, K12 Inc. released its F4Q08 Earnings Call for the quarter ending 6/30/08. (The transcript I’ve linked to is courtesy of Seeking Alpha.) In the first third of the ten page transcript is this statement: With K12’s rapid growth and continued desire for innovation we sometimes have growing pains or initiate pilots … Read more
by David Safier NOTE: You can read all my posts on the topic of AZVA, K12 Inc. and outsourcing here. If you only want to read one post, An Explanation of the AZVA Outsourcing Process pulls most of the threads together. I’ve said in earlier posts that I think K12 Inc. sent student papers to … Read more
by David Safier NOTE: You can read all my posts on the topic of AZVA, K12 Inc. and outsourcing here. If you only want to read one post, this is the one that pulls most of the threads together. Education Week just posted an article, K12 Inc. Scraps India Outsourcing, on its website. It’s supposed … Read more