Imagine Schools is a charter management organization in the United States, operating 55 schools in 9 states. They are K8, for the most part. By 2015, Imagine schools have enrolled 29,812 students.
Imagine Schools was founded by Dennis and Eileen Bakke with $ 155 million of the assets Dennis earned as Chief Executive Officer of AES Corporation, the global energy provider he founded in 1981.
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History
Beacon Education Management was founded in 1996. In 2008, Imagine has grown to 56 schools.
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Peer group
By 2015, Imagine adopted a non-profit tax status. A similar organization is known as a charter management organization (CMO). The other major nonprofits are KIPP (209 schools) and Cosmos.
Similar services are provided by a not-for-profit entity known as an educational management organization (EMO). K12 is the largest in the US in 2011-2012. K12 does not run brick-and-mortar schools, but sends schools online.
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