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NBC filed part four of its Educating America series. George Lewis kicked off Monday on college campus, where the high tuition costs and a weak economy have combined to drive students into debt and increase their dependence on financial aid. The next three entries saw Rehema Ellis turn to the public schools: Tuesday she offered a primer on No Child Left Behind; Wednesday she surveyed budget cuts forced by the high price of school bus diesel and heating fuel; now Ellis praises the contribution of Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad. Broad believes that urban school districts need better managers so he founded a Superintendents Academy that trains second-career non-educators. So far Broad's $14m investment has produced 38 superintendents working in 30 cities in charge of the education of 2m schoolchildren. Ellis gave the academy's graduates high marks: "90% have spearheaded improvements in reading and math."
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