July 22, 2024
Dr. Wong wandered past the bulletin boards and posters that lined Josiah Quincy Upper School’s (JQUS) halls… He marveled at how far the school had come, and how much they… READ MORE
It was a sweltering summer day in June of 2006, and it felt even in hotter for youth organizer Julieta Quiñonez in the basement of the office of Padres y… READ MORE
July 18, 2023
This brief sequel to Marina Lee and Noumena Education Initiative (A) describes personal, financial, and political challenges to the plan. Subjects: Strategic Planning, Educational EntreprenuershipSetting: International Also available: Marina Lee… READ MORE
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
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
This case traces the efforts of Southern Echo, a community organizing network working in poor, black communities in the Mississippi Delta, to significantly increase state spending on public education. The… READ MORE
The “B” case reveals Echo’s decision regarding the petition campaign to leave the Alliance. Subject: Community Organizing, Alliance Building, FinanceSetting: Rural Also Available: Funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (A) *Permission… READ MORE
“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
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
The case focuses on how a team of educators from Edgar Alan Poe Middle School in the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD) began integrating the Data Wise Improvement Process… READ MORE