Friday, June 30, 2006
Betting The House On Success
The Wall St. Journal takes note of the amazing way Liz Evans financed the start-up costs of her new charter school, Elmwood Village Charter School in Buffalo: She used her step-mother's home as collateral to secure a bank loan, so she could pay the bills until the per-pupil money starts rolling in.
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