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- March–April 2022
- Article
School Choice in Chile
By: Jose Correa, Natalie Epstein, Rafael Epstein, Juan Escobar, Ignacio Rios, Nicolas Aramayo, Bastian Bahamondes, Carlos Bonet, Martin Castillo, Andres Cristi, Boris Epstein and Felipe Subiabre
Centralized school admission mechanisms are an attractive way of improving social welfare and fairness in large educational systems. In this paper, we report the design and implementation of the newly established school choice system in Chile, where over 274,000... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Secondary Education; Middle School Education; Family and Family Relationships; Welfare; Chile
Correa, Jose, Natalie Epstein, Rafael Epstein, Juan Escobar, Ignacio Rios, Nicolas Aramayo, Bastian Bahamondes, Carlos Bonet, Martin Castillo, Andres Cristi, Boris Epstein, and Felipe Subiabre. "School Choice in Chile." Operations Research 70, no. 2 (March–April 2022): 1066–1087.
- Portrait Project
Sridevi Raghavan
friends – what a bad game I played! But I saw how much I enjoyed learning new things, and creating the possibility of new beginnings. When I watch my childhood friend put her lucrative career on hold for her husband and child, I learn the... View Details
- Profile
Carolin Oldenbuettel
always been my childhood dream.” Developing new interests HBS struck Carolin as a “great place” to get her MBA for three reasons: “You learn from the best professors. The diversity, in nationalities and backgrounds of the student body.... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- July 1989
- Article
Immunizing Children Against the Negative Effects of Reward
By: B. A. Hennessey, T. M. Amabile and M. Martinage
Two studies were conducted to examine the effect of intrinsic motivation training on children's subsequent motivational orientation and creativity in an expected reward situation. Past research has demonstrated the overjustification effect: Children who work on an... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Training; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Teaching
Hennessey, B. A., T. M. Amabile, and M. Martinage. "Immunizing Children Against the Negative Effects of Reward." Contemporary Educational Psychology 14, no. 3 (July 1989): 212–227.
- 02 Jun 2015
- News
Pointing the Way to a Better World
to research and write the book, film the documentary, and promote both projects on a speaking tour last fall. While she returns to her financial work this year, she knows the book’s work—to inspire change—is far from over. Whether it’s fighting for access to early... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Oded Navon
me realize that I wanted to specialize in something where I could have more control over the result and create things that would impact many people all at once. So, I dove into another passion of mine – computers – and went on to become a software engineer. What is... View Details
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
I’d say, ‘a doctor,’” says Downing. “I was always intrigued with medicine. I guess it’s just in my DNA.” But, as often happens with childhood dreams, Downing set aside his medical aspirations. His father had launched Downing Enterprises,... View Details
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Jay Khil
A childhood in the United States, an adolescence in South Korea, a semester abroad in China, and a career launch in Dearborn, Michigan – by any measure, Jay Khil is a woman with an international perspective that comes from her core. “The... View Details
- August 30, 2022
- Article
School Choice Increases Racial Segregation Even When Parents Do Not Care About Race
By: Kalinda Ukanwa, Aziza C. Jones and Broderick L. Turner Jr.
This research examines how school choice impacts school segregation. Specifically, this work demonstrates that even if parents do not take the racial demographics of schools into account, preference differences between Black and White parents for other school... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Race; Policy; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Secondary Education
Ukanwa, Kalinda, Aziza C. Jones, and Broderick L. Turner Jr. "School Choice Increases Racial Segregation Even When Parents Do Not Care About Race." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 35 (August 30, 2022).
- October 2001
- Case
SchoolSuccess.net
By: James E. Austin and Arthur McCaffrey
The mission of the nonprofit Jumpstart for Young Children was to address the problem of school readiness of low-income family preschoolers. It had been growing significantly, and to achieve its projected expansion would require major increases in funding. After... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Early Childhood Education; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Management Teams
Austin, James E., and Arthur McCaffrey. "SchoolSuccess.net." Harvard Business School Case 302-008, October 2001.
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Plugged In
car—which is due in showrooms next month—for the American market. (Though that was nice, too.) The moment also represented a high point in a love affair with cars that began with childhood kart racing and included a few HBS-to-Montreal... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
self-described amateur musician, who endured seven years of playing scales during childhood piano lessons, it was important that the curriculum be fun and engaging to the students. For guidance, de Menil has turned to the Suzuki method,... View Details
- March 2018
- Case
Summit Public Schools (A)
By: John J-H Kim and Aldo Sesia
Summit Public Schools was a very successful charter management organization with schools in California and Washington State. The students came from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, many from economically disadvantaged households. While nearly all of its students... View Details
Keywords: K-12; Online Learning; Virtual Learning; Blended Learning; Secondary Education; Middle School Education; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Business Model; Performance Improvement; Technology
Kim, John J-H, and Aldo Sesia. "Summit Public Schools (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-067, March 2018.
- Web
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2001) had always known his childhood interest in the environment would be part ... Checking in with 2019 Goldsmith Fellows: Fall of First Year 31 Oct 2019 Harvard Business School awards Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships of $10,000 each to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
Mark Twain in front of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri (photos courtesy of American Writers Museum) Before he arrived at HBS, Jay Hammer (MBA 1979) was pursuing a PhD in literature at Johns Hopkins. Daunted by the increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Samuel Racana
improvisation and stage training have come in unexpectedly useful in life. What is your favorite childhood memory? Food has always been at the center of my family gatherings, whether during travels or at home. Cooking during Christmas... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
http://hbr.org/product/fei-cheng-wu-rao/an/414056-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 712-463 Sweet Deal-Industry Self-Regulation of Breakfast Cereal Advertising to Children In response to growing concern about childhood obesity, in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Carter Romansky
childhood education or global health delivery. "Many organizations are great at being small- to medium-sized," notes Carter. "I want to help them become huge. The trick is figuring out what you can scale up, what things you... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan
Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50 percent of the world's population... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Early Childhood Education; Government and Politics; Wealth and Poverty; China; India; Russia; Brazil
Chaudhary, Latika, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger, and Se Yan. "Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-083, February 2011. (Revised July 2011.)