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Transforming Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship
Contributor(s): Childress, Stacey M. (Editor)
ISBN: 1934742422     ISBN-13: 9781934742426
Publisher: Harvard Education PR
OUR PRICE:   $56.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2010
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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:

  • Understanding the Context of Urban Schooling in the United States
  • Tackling the "People Problem"
  • Focusing on Performance
  • Launching and Growing New Schools
Students are invited to explore four overarching questions:
  • Why are there opportunities for entrepreneurs in a sector that is funded with public dollars and delivered by public agencies?
  • Why is entrepreneurial activity aggregating around certain opportunities?
  • What are the possibilities and constraints faced by entrepreneurs in each opportunity area?
  • How can we evaluate the impact of these entrepreneurs' efforts?

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.