Whittle Picks Exeter, Dalton Veterans to Start School
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Christopher Whittle, the education entrepreneur whose company lost more than $300 million running public schools, is opening a for-profit private school in New York City headed by veterans of Phillips Exeter Academy, Hotchkiss School and Dalton School.
Backed by $75 million in private financing, Whittle, 63, is responding to parents’ demand for spots for their children in the most selective private schools, he said in an interview on Jan. 27. Whittle aims to build a chain of more than 20 schools in cities worldwide, including London, Shanghai and Mumbai, he said.