Hard economic times have prompted public schools to look for or accept private financial support. Education Week reported that private donations are covering $18,000 of the $225,000 annual salary paid to a school superintendent in Indiana. In Boston, public schools worked with corporations, along with pro and collegiate sports teams, to boost school athletic budgets by more than 60 percent over the next three years ($4 million to $6.5 million). Join discussion...

High speed rail and a major Interstate highway project in Texas head up a list of the top 100 infrastructure projects in the United States released this week by CG/LA Infrastructure. The infrastructure development firm identified 100 potential projects worth a total of $465 billion that it says have a strong possibility of going forward within the next 12 months. High speed rail networks in California and the Northeast topped the list, in terms of value, with price tags of $45 billion and $32 billion. Those rail projects would create more than a million jobs. Join discussion...

Today I want to introduce a series of posts here Public private partnerships around the world that I am going to publish in the next days. If you don´t want to miss it, subscribe to get all the blog updates by writing your email in the box. Join discussion...