Profit from Failing School Districts?

Question

Since MOST school districts in the USA are doing poorly (and will continue to underperform) can anyone think of a way to invest and profit from this? Local state stock shares? State Bonds? REITs?

Answer 1

Please ignore the morons above who have been poorly educated in the aforementioned school systems.

If they had a REAL education, they would understand that the profit motive helps motivate people to actually solve problems. Without profit, people would never have accomplished most of the great innovations in the history of the world. Also, without profit, none of us would have any money to live. But, hey, it's more fun to condemn those who actually try to invest in positive things and make money doing it.

On to your actual question: I doubt if there are direct investments in this phenomenon. The only one I've thought of is to invest in the alternatives that ought to be growing while the failing schools decline. I think of private, for-profit schools, but I don't think any of those are publicly traded. The other alternative is investing in the Home Schooling phenomenon. Here's one can pick up Scholastic Corp. (SCHL), which has been an erratic stock, and recent underperformer, or my preference, Educational Development (EDUC), which owns the very popular Usborne line of home schooling textbooks. Earnings there have grown slowly, but the stock appears to be very conservatively priced at the moment, and I see potential for nice upside.

Answer 2

Ross Perot (that little guy that once tried to run for president) made $3 billion (his company obviously made more) off of the Texas educational system when it was ranked poorly. I think using his system to leech money from a state is what you you are looking for.

Answer 3

It's not nice to profit from the less fortunate. I think that's kind of mean.

Answer 4

wow, that's just kinda wrong