tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post564261633352330824..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: BNQT | The 800-lb. gorilla in the laddie marketJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79522863276208720122013-04-07T22:48:48.635-04:002013-04-07T22:48:48.635-04:00Which makes it different from Disneyland or your l...Which makes it different from Disneyland or your local school system in what way? Each seeks to capture a "market". In Arizona, where charter schools are everywhere, public schools actually advertise for students. Competition will do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23303313501209679332013-04-07T14:49:28.568-04:002013-04-07T14:49:28.568-04:00"To be the largest network for young people i..."To be the largest network for young people in the world" is their goal. Hardly. It's not for young people; it's for profit. Their vaunted "over-all" goal is to dumb-down and monopolize an artificial market, period — screw young people. It's an insult to all young people to imagine that this enterprise is some universal attraction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com