Publications
Publications
- February 2007 (Revised August 2007)
- HBS Case Collection
St. HOPE Academy: The Expansion Decision
Abstract
St. HOPE is faced with a decision concerning whether or not to expand from Sacramento to New York City. While charter schools are its largest area of activity, founder Kevin Johnson believes that all of St. HOPE's other activities--economic development, civic leadership development, and the arts--are interdependent with transforming urban education. Raises questions of growth, including the challenges of replicating a model developed specifically for one community to another neighborhood 3,000 miles away.
Keywords
Education; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Urban Scope; Adaptation; Expansion; Sacramento; New York (city, NY)
Citation
Childress, Stacey M., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "St. HOPE Academy: The Expansion Decision." Harvard Business School Case 307-080, February 2007. (Revised August 2007.)