Alberta researcher lauded for investigating fast-food style private schools in developing nations

A University of Alberta doctoral student will receive an international award for his research into companies running for-profit schools that recruit some of the poorest children in developing nations.
Education International, a federation of more than 400 teachers’ unions and associations from around the world, will recognize educational policy studies PhD student Curtis Riep with the Albert Shanker Education Award next July in Thailand.
Riep, who is 32 and lives in Calgary, has studied th