The Heartland Institute:
A Rhode Island entrepreneur has developed a high-technology-based school development model he believes will provide a higher level of education than is currently available to most children nationwide.
In 2003, David Anderson, Ph.D. (photo), a retired physicist, came up with the idea of Stellar Schools Franchises as an education option for parents concerned about the quality of their children’s education.
Anderson’s concept is designed as a for-profit network of K-12 schools to be located across the country. He believes his model - which would use more new technologies, such as video conferencing and virtual classes, than other for-profit education companies such as Edison Schools or KIPP have employed - can help solve many of the problems currently afflicting both public and private education.
‘I have the business model on my Web site and have been trying to raise capital and interest for the last 3 years,’ Anderson said. ‘I think it would be a perfect concept for some public or charter schools, or could be a way for a brand-new school [to define] itself.’ Read more.
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