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EdisonLearning Inc., formerly known as Edison Schools Inc., is a for-profit education management organization for public schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1992 as The Edison Project, largely the brainchild of Chris Whittle. The initial expansion of Edison included the involvement of Tom Ingram (campaign manager and chief of staff to former Tennessee governor and United States Secretary of Education from 1991–1993, Lamar Alexander), Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., John Chubb (political scientist from the Hoover and Brookings Institutions), and Chester E. Finn, Jr. (assistant secretary of education to former presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush). Originally founded around the idea of school vouchers, Edison primarily contracts with school districts on the basis of performance partnerships, alliances, and charter school establishment. EdisonLearning has its headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://edisonlearning.com/contact-us )〕 ==Approach to education== Edison claimed that it could run public schools for less money than school districts could, and that it would improve student achievement while making a profit for its shareholders. Edison attracted ideological support from backers of privatization and school vouchers, including the ''The Wall Street Journal'' and the Hoover Institution. 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. In addition Edison runs afterschool 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 over nine months. Edison Schools bases its approach on 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—189 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). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EdisonLearning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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