What is the relationship between the local school boards and Edison? Who has the ultimate authority over curriculum, staffing and other issues?
Every Edison school is different in this regard. Questions of power sharing are usually the subject of negotiations between the company and its clients, and each negotiation produces a different contract. For example, in Philadelphia, where Edison has its largest contract, the company made deep compromises in its model, choosing to honor collective bargaining agreements covering the hiring and firing of teachers and the structure of their work day. Edison’s Baltimore contract was completely different. Here the company was given a blank slate to make changes. The company was allowed to replace the entire staff of the school, hiring only teachers committed to Edison’s approach. And these teachers were not bound by any collective bargaining agreements governing the structure or length of the school day.
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