One of the Innova Schools in Lima
IDEO and Innova Schools
Since 2001, Industrial design company Ideo has been working on a special project. They're devising a private school system for Peruvian businessman Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor, with a very specific brief:
Mr. Rodriguez-Pastor charged Ideo with devising a school system, called Innova Schools, that emphasized academic excellence and was affordably priced for members of Peru’s emerging middle class (with tuition of about $130 a month). He also said the system had to be financially profitable and to grow quickly to include up to 200 schools throughout Peru, and possibly in neighboring countries. A collection of three schools he had recently acquired would be part of the system.
Read the whole article in the New York Times here
