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Box 872411, Tempe, AZ 85287-2411 Telephone: (480) 965-1886 E-mail: [epsl@asu.edu](epsl@asu.edu)\u003Cbr>[educationanalysis.org](educationanalysis.org) | \u003Cbr>Commercialism in Education Research Unit (CERU) Education Policy Studies Laboratory\u003Cbr>Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education Arizona State University\u003Cbr>P.O. Box 872411, Tempe, AZ 85287-2411 Telephone: (480) 965-1886 E-mail: [epsl@asu.edu](epsl@asu.edu)\u003Cbr>[educationanalysis.org](educationanalysis.org) | Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC)\u003Cbr>School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0249 Telephone: to (303) 447-EPIC\u003Cbr>Fax: (303) 492-7090\u003Cbr>Email: [epic@colorado.edu](epic@colorado.edu)[ ](epic@colorado.edu)[http://epicpolicy.org](http://epicpolicy.org) |\n| This document can be found online at [http://epicpolicy.org/publication/profi](http://epicpolicy.org/publication/profi)les-profit-emos-2008-09 |  |  |\n\nTable of Contents  \nSummary………………………………………………………………….………….1  \nIntroduction and Background………………………………………………...….2  \nFindings for 2008-2009…………….…………………………………………...…5  \nCompany Summary........………………………………………………………....15  \nLarge Company Profiles………………………………………………………....19  \nMedium Company Profiles……………………………………………………..140  \nSmall Company Profiles……………………………………………………......166  \nVirtual Schools…………………………………………………………………...226  \nAppendix A: Reader’s Guide…………………………………………………..233  \nAppendix B: Data Sources by State………………………………………….234  \nAppendix C: No Longer Profiled Companies……………………………….237  \nAppendix D: Methods…………………………………………………………...240  \nProfiles of For-Profit Education Management  \nOrganizations: 2008-2009 1  \nSummary  \nIn 2008-2009 the for-profit education management industry continued to grow slowly. However, new methods (See Appendix D) used for searching for and identifying EMOs resulted in a substantial number of for-profit EMOs being profiled for the first time in this year’s report. The greatest increase in profiled companies occurred in the category of small EMOs (managing three or fewer schools) . Although this year’s report profiles more EMOsthan do previous reports, all of the companies added were previously operating “under the radar” of our researchers. For this reason, we believe our key finding from the 2007-2008 report, i.e., that the growth of the EMO sector is slowing, still holds true for the 2008-2009 academic year. Numerical trends outlined in this report at times reflect actual growth in the industry and at other times reflect the increasing ability of this report’s researchers to identify and map the operations of EMOs across the country.  \nNational Landscape  \n• The number of states in which for-profit EMOs operated increased from 28 in 2007- 2008 to 31 in 2008-2009.  \nCompanies  \n• Since the first Profiles report was published for the 1997-1998 school year, the number of for-profit EMOs profiled has increased from 14 to 95, and the number of states in which EMOs are operating from 16 to 31.  \n• In the past year, the number of EMOs profiled has a net increase of 45. The newly profiled EMOs were previously in operation and a change in methods allowed us to identify 31 additional small EMOs, 12 additional medium-sized EMOs, and two additional large EMOs.  \n• While the actual number of companies has remained relatively stable over the past few years, many of the large and medium-sized EMOs are expanding into new service areas, such as supplemental education services.  \n• Imagine School","cbCaibSvUZk79hBb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibSvUZk79hBb","pdf",1557216,242,"English","# Summary\n# Introduction and Background\n# Findings for 2008-2009\n# Company Summary\n# Large Company Profiles\n# Medium Company Profiles\n# Small Company Profiles\n# Virtual Schools\n# Appendix A: Reader’s Guide\n# Appendix B: Data Sources by State\n# Appendix C: No Longer Profiled Companies\n# Appendix D: Methods","[{\"question\":\"What changed in the 2008-2009 report methodology compared with prior years?\",\"answer\":\"New methods were used to search for and identify EMOs. 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