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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Easy money without govt. regs for ed start-up companies

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Easy money without govt. regs for ed start-up companies:


Easy money without govt. regs for ed start-up companies

Congress has passed a bill making it easier for ed start-up companies to raise capital while at the same time, easing government regulation. The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups, or JOBS Act  would allow companies to raise up to $1 million,  The bill establishes a new form of company financing called “crowd funding” and allows school entrepreneurs to raise money by selling shares over the internet. 
"In K-12, it's a hard place to raise capital, and a lot of the entrepreneurs are raising less than $1 

CPS finally admits to serving kids pink slime

The USDA commodity beef from Don Lee Farms, a major supplier to school districts across the U.S., came through Chartwells, CPS spokeswoman Ziegler said.