Why was Mosaica Education conceived?
A. Mosaica Education, a privately-sponsored Education Management Organization, was conceived to address the following concerns driving education reform including: • Growing dissatisfaction among voters and employers with the quality of public education. Both taxpayers and employers recognize that the U.S. economy depends in large part upon the country’s global competitiveness, which in turn depends upon work force efficiency and productivity, one determinant of which is educational training. • Existing educational resources inadequate to address future needs. The U.S. Department of Education recently estimated that the U.S. would need about 190,000 additional teachers and some 6,000 more schools over the next ten years to accommodate what demographers call the “baby boom echo.” These statistics do not take into account the need for improvement of existing teaching staff and infrastructure. • Declining quality of education despite escalating costs. The emerging consensus across the poli
