yes, this happens everywhere.  But, I would say that it probably happens more in anything that is paid by taxpayers.  If someone can rename an idea and sell it to the Government it is a gold mine.  Schools and other Public institutions are slow to react, change and spend very inefficiently. They make the greatest targets for a Guru.  I learned long ago that there is no such thing as a guru.  And now, by your notes on the the subject I can now refer to them as good practicers.  By the way. I tested the water here and it is indeed wet.  I hadn't known that so helping me out means you wasted less time than you thought there. You're a giver!!