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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

When Edu Sharks Attack! | EduShyster

When Edu Sharks Attack! | EduShyster:



When Edu Sharks Attack!



 At the intersection of business and education policy lurk the *sharks*…

Shark-Tank-logo1Reader: have you ever found yourself binge watching Shark Tank and thinking that if anyone has the cure for our failed and failing public school it’s the sharks? Why, just the smoldering gaze of billionaire Mark Cuban is enough to spike achievement rates. And what if the *Queen of QVC,* Lori Greiner, could come up with a way for choosy choosers to order high-performing seats right through their TVs? Well, it turns out that great minds think outside the same box. I give you Ed Shark Tank—an idea so great that you didn’t even know you were waiting for it.
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But who is disruptive, innovative and entrepreneurial enough to unleash the sharks on the schools? Meet America Succeeds—I just did (shout out to local fave Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education for the intro)—which is effectively engaging business leaders in the hard work of improving America’s schools by *building a “balanced portfolio” of affiliates to demonstrate an informed and credible business voice for education.* In other words, I am in love—again. But wait, can you tell me a little bit more about the perfect alignment of business interests When Edu Sharks Attack! | EduShyster: