Publications
Publications
- January 2005
- HBS Case Collection
Launching the Bronx Lab School
By: Stacey M. Childress
Abstract
Examines the start-up process of a new, small high school inside the New York City public school system, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Covers the entrepreneurial process, the specific performance challenges in public high schools in the United States, and the quest for sustainability in a new enterprise. Also addresses the small high school movement in the United States.
Keywords
Secondary Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Education Industry
Citation
Childress, Stacey M. "Launching the Bronx Lab School." Harvard Business School Case 805-093, January 2005.