US private education firm approved for free schools
The first wave of free schools opened this autumn - with plans for more to followA US private education firm's UK arm has been officially approved to sell services to groups setting up free schools and academies in England.
Edison Learning, a for-profit education business, has been given approved status by the Department for Education.
It will be part of a group of approved suppliers which can provide education, contractual and legal services in setting up free schools and academies.
The firm says it wants to support schools' "ambitions and aspirations".
In the United States, Edison Learning is a major for-profit education