Transforming Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship Contributor(s): Childress, Stacey M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1934742422 ISBN-13: 9781934742426 Publisher: Harvard Education PR OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Administration - Elementary & Secondary - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
Dewey: 371.200 |
LCCN: 2009942744 |
Physical Information: (2.00 lbs) 496 pages |
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Publisher Description: Transforming Public Education features nineteen cases that profile entrepreneurs who are pursuing opportunities to create pattern-breaking social change in our public schools. For nearly two decades, education entrepreneurs have been working to transform the K-12 public education system in the United States. "Social entrepreneurship" has become part of the language of a new generation of idealists, many of whom are focused on education. The nineteen cases in this book profile entrepreneurs who are pursuing opportunities to create pattern-breaking social change in our public schools--in particular, by creating high-quality educational opportunities for low-income and minority students who are dramatically underserved by the current public education system. Based on a popular course developed and taught at the Harvard Business School, this casebook is organized into four modules:
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Contributor Bio(s): Childress, Stacey M.: - Stacey M. Childress is a senior lecturer in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a cofounder of the Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University. |