Edison Schools

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Edison Schools are a type of American public school which is run for profit.

The company started in 1992, and its methods and processes were mentioned prominently in Alyssa Quart's Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers (2003), when some students started a demonstration against an Edison School being built in their area, due to the commercial takeover of their public schools.

Edison Schools work on the principle of being partners with the school district concerned. They are divided into three sub-companies: District Partners, Charter and Alliance. Also Edison runs after-school programmes under the Newton brand and extended school year programmes under the Tungsten brand.

Edison has also made some headway in Britain with Edison Schools UK. Colbayns High School in Essex was the first Edison School in that country, and received praise from OFSTED for its progress in the previous nine months.

Edison Schools keep in mind ten fundamentals and various core values. The fundamentals include a better use of time (which means a longer school day and a longer school year - 198 days as opposed to 180 in the standard American school) and assessments that provide accountability (including benchmark assessments and a structured portfolio and a quarterly learning contract).

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