"Lesson number one:

"... Don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed.”*
From the world of "how can we best make a fast buck?" we bring you the following scene: 

The investors gathered in a tony private club in Manhattan were eager to hear about the next big thing, and education consultant Rob Lytle was happy to oblige.Think about the upcoming rollout of new national academic standards for public schools, he urged the crowd. If they're as rigorous as advertised, a huge number of schools will suddenly look really bad, their students testing way behind in reading and math.They'll want help, quick. And private, for-profit vendors selling lesson plans, educational software and student assessments will be right there to provide it."You start to see entire ecosystems of investment opportunity lining up," said Lytle, a partner at The Parthenon Group, a Boston consulting firm. "It could get really, really big."

 Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that no one is going to be in this for the good of our kids?

*Scarface. Yes, I know.