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- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Educating the Whole Student
Photos by Genaro Vavuris At first glance, The Primary School looks just as one might imagine a neighborhood school should: A mother carrying a toddler guides her older daughter up the walkway; a teacher...
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- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
multigenerational cycles of poverty. “You can’t expect schools to consistently outperform the health of their neighborhoods,” says Majors, a vice president at Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta-based, nonprofit consulting group. “The...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
populated, in part, by HBS alumni. Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is pushing to "reteach" teachers, equipping practitioners with real-world skills to improve learning ("5 Bright Ideas"). Scott Given (MBA 2010) and his fellow charter View Details
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
intelligent, committed, and open to new ideas. People walk the walk and get things done. That culture makes this an interesting place to work.” HCZ operates two charter schools and is constructing a new...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
the Path to College, has sold more than 500,000 copies in America and been translated into eight languages. Lemov is a managing director of the charter school organization Uncommon Schools, which runs 32...
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- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap Learning Curve Building Great Schools around Great Teachers So when Leschly returned to HBS to teach entrepreneurship, he...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Working to improve California's public education system
ago that I realized the depths to which the public education system in California had sunk,” she recalls. “I was working seven or eight hours a week in my community. I had been on the board at a charter View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
Harvard Business School alumni are invited to participate in Harvard University's elections for both the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots will be mailed during the first week of April, and completed...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
strengthened the charter public school laws, provided funding for facilities, and lowered to 55 percent the threshold required to pass a local school bond. The net result is...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
example of what can push the system to a new approach. Another example, which I plan to visit, is Rocketship Education, a charter school system where students spend the first few hours of the morning in a...
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- 13 Jun 2013
- News
Learning Curve
each partnership school retains budgetary and management independence. Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap Inspired to focus his career on improving education...
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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
that’s happening, and I just was like, you know, how am I and how are we going to do all of this? And with kids, you don’t get second chances. You’ve got to get this right.” Dan Morrell: When Constance Jones (MBA 2008) joined the Noble Network of View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
bring much-needed accountability into the system? —Jim Mills (MBA 1986) Tim Draper’s investment in the school voucher campaign was not for naught. It caused the legislature to panic and pass a surprisingly progressive View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
A former corporate financier with Boeing, Ben Kleban (MBA 2005) planned to open a charter school in New York after HBS, but in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he was inspired to found New Orleans College Prep...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New 1908 Society Embraces Senior Alumni
the 60th Reunion are charter members of the Society. Each year, a new class will be inducted. More than sixteen hundred invitations have gone out to graduates for the inaugural 1908 Society reunion, September 30–October 1, 2004. The...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
for smaller classes, longer school days, and lots of innovation. "The answer is not just more PCs in the classroom," Doerr emphasized, as he called for the development of more charter View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
University Elections
Harvard Business School alumni are invited to participate in Harvard University’s elections for both the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). The elections will determine five new Overseers and six new HAA...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Given success of this magnitude, why aren’t for-profit managed charter schools like Sabis in high demand? The authors rebut the charge that for-profits running charter View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- News
Juan Salgado Honored for Immigrant Education Efforts
complete an adult basic education, improve language abilities, and acquire job skills.” And in 2010, Salgado opened a charter school that offers counseling and support to students beyond graduation through...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An engine of innovation in public education
Drawing upon his background as an entrepreneur and educator, Stig Leschly (MBA 1997/JD 1998) leads Match Education, a reform group that seeks to redefine effective teaching and improve the educational experience of low-income students. It runs four urban public View Details