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
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
As the Harvard Law School Library (HLSL) settles into its new organizational structure, Harvard University announces a university wide reorganization of the library system. This news reverberates within HLSL and… READ MORE