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McKinsey’s Biggest Mistake | Diane Ravitch's blog

McKinsey’s Biggest Mistake | Diane Ravitch's blog

McKinsey’s Biggest Mistake

When I worked in the first Bush Administration In 1991-92, McKinsey consultants were everywhere. Gaggles of very young, well-dressed people marched in and out of the White House with briefcases and plans. McKinsey has advised school districts, given them business plans to fix their problems. Does anyone ever check up on how their proposals turned out? Do they ever admit failure? I never figured out what they were doing or why they were there. Like Pearson, McKinsey is always there, although there is no evidence that they are education experts. What seems to mark the McKinsey brand is a sense of certainty that they know everything and know how to fix everything. To learn more about the corporate consultants who advise on how to do everything, I recommend this book, The Lords of Strategy. Education has been warped for the past 30 years by the inappropriate application of corporate strategy to schools and classrooms and children.
Their biggest disaster was their role in South Africa, where they received a huge payment to fix the state- CONTINUE READING: McKinsey’s Biggest Mistake | Diane Ravitch's blog
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