Schooling in the Ownership Society: K-12 ed market exploding, says Edweek

Schooling in the Ownership Society: K-12 ed market exploding, says Edweek:

K-12 ed market exploding, says Edweek

by Mike Klonsky

The flow of venture capital into the K-12 education market has exploded over the past year, reaching its highest transaction values in a decade in 2011, industry observers say. This according to Katie Ash, writing in the Jan. 31st online edition of EdWeek.

"[The common core] is breaking down some of those state-level barriers that made it challenging for folks [to achieve scale]," said Adam J. Newman, a founding and managing partner of