Middle School Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jun 2021
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Government Creates Online Repository of Local and Global Education Courses

2011
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American Exceptionalism?: A Comparative Analysis of the Origins and Trajectory of U.S. Business Education Development

As business education in an academic setting becomes an increasingly global phenomenon, the university-based business school in America remains a unique institution. This holds true despite the fact that the American business school as it evolved in the post-World War... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Business History; Business Education; Power and Influence; Society; United States; Europe

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in the importance of business education for the achievement of economic equality prompted him to initiate a fellowship program for African American students at ten graduate schools of business... View Details

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Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

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Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

million across two funds and backed nearly 50 companies, including Ripple... Social Enterprise in the MENA Region November 2024 By: Brian Trelstad and Ahmed Dahawy This research note provides an overview of the socio-economic landscape of social enterprise in the View Details

January 2003 (Revised July 2005)
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Finding a CEO for the School District of Philadelphia: Searching for a Savior?

Following the largest state takeover of a local public school district in U.S. history, a new governing body must find a CEO to effect a large-scale turnaround in the Philadelphia school district. This case examines the context of large urban public schools and... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Restructuring; Education; Crisis Management; Education Industry; Philadelphia

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01 Dec 2009
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HBS Faculty Teach in New Education Leadership Program

Faculty from HBS will teach in a new program announced by the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). In the fall of 2010, HGSE will launch a three-year, tuition-free course of study initially for 25... View Details

2012
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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% of the world's population in 1910,... View Details

Keywords: History; Middle School Education; Data and Data Sets; Residency; Integration; Perspective; Surveys; Geographic Location; Welfare or Wellbeing; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Growth and Development; China; India; Brazil; Russia

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16 Feb 2010
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NFL Players Hone Their Skills at Harvard Business School

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Mar 2017
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Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools

In this webinar, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker will discuss the themes from their Amazon-bestselling book, Blended. Using the theories of disruptive innovation, Horn and Staker reveal a practical guide for designing an education system that can help all students... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
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Boston Renaissance Charter School

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Marie Bell and Katherine K. Merseth

Keywords: Education; Education Industry; Boston

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26 Sep 2016
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Schools for the Future

Sunil B. Mittal (OPM 27, 1999) is founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video, he talks about building schools to improve the lives of thousands of children and... View Details

November 1993
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Thurgood Marshall High School

By: John J. Gabarro

Presents the problem facing a newly appointed high-school principal. Raises issues about interpersonal and group behavior including lack of open conflict resolution and the need to intervene in an interpersonal conflict. Also raises the issue of intergroup conflict... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Employee Relationship Management; Secondary Education; Groups and Teams; Education Industry

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27 Oct 2021
Blog Post

HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing

This fall, Harvard Business School launched its first Impact Investment Fund Course after a successful pilot in the Spring of 2021. The fund expands access to affordable, flexible financing for Black, Brown, and Immigrant-owned businesses... View Details

February 2012
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Innovation at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Meredith L. Liu

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Education

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23 Jun 2010
News

Going Back to School

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

major executive education program for over a thousand senior leaders from a variety of companies, I asked participants what percentage of the people they hired or promoted turned out to be a superb choice. By their own reckoning, about a... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Educational Services