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Schooling in the Ownership Society: More on Murdoch's $27M no-bid contract from NY Dept. of Ed

Schooling in the Ownership Society: More on Murdoch's $27M no-bid contract from NY Dept. of Ed

More on Murdoch's $27M no-bid contract from NY Dept. of Ed

Leveraged with Duncan's Race To The Top $$$

The Daily News reports:

More than a dozen private firms wanted to work on a project like the one the state Education Department is set to award to a Rupert Murdoch-owned company in a $27 million no-bid contract. Critics say, state officials had ample time to competitively bid out the contract and still meet a fall 2012 deadline for a federal Race to the Top grant.
"It raises all kinds of questions," said Susan Lerner, executive director of good government group