Academic Leadership at Bradford College
July 22, 2024
In August 1982 Arthur Levine arrived as the new President of troubled Bradford College with plans for a bold new curriculum. The Bradford Plan For A Practical Liberal Arts Education… READ MORE
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The Unions in Montgomery County Public Schools
July 18, 2023
The case, “The Unions in Montgomery County Public Schools,” recounts one large, urban-suburban district’s successful efforts to partner with its three labor unions in order to increase student learning. This… READ MORE
Building Parent Leadership Through Community Organizing: The Logan Square Neighborhood Association’s Parent Mentor Program in Chicago
This case describes a program through which Latina parents become educational activists and change agents in neighborhood schools. It helps participants think about how to create powerful forms of family… READ MORE
Increasing College-Going Rates in Fulton County Schools
“Increasing College-Going Rates in Fulton County Schools” helps participants think about how to use data to challenge assumptions, reveal student needs, address these needs programmatically, and evaluate results. The case… READ MORE
Performance Management in Chicago Public Schools
July 17, 2023
This case describes the efforts of new Chicago Public Schools (CPS) superintendent Ron Huberman to drive dramatic improvement in the performance of Chicago’s public school students through the use of… READ MORE
Citizen Schools
Citizen Schools is an education non-profit committed to designing, implementing, and scaling solutions to close achievement gaps with urban school districts. In this case study, the CEO and Vice President… READ MORE
Two Approaches to Improving Instruction in Boston Public Schools
The case will explore the dual experiences of administrative leaders in a large urban district who have implemented comprehensive initiatives intended to improve the quality of teaching and ultimately, raise… READ MORE
Relay Graduate School of Education
This case focuses on challenges associated with growing and scaling an education organization. Specifically, it explores themes of leadership, entrepreneurship, and organizational learning. “Scaling up” is a key consideration for… READ MORE
Midstate University Business School
Young and energetic, Jim Benvenuto, new Dean of the Business School, arrives at Midstate after earning much support from the search committee. A reporter publishes some changes he wants to… READ MORE
Going Beyond Education Policy to Solve Problems in Schools
November 2, 2022
by Sarah Winchell Lenhoff on November 2,2022 Abraham Maslow wrote “If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.” In… READ MORE