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- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
spend per student, with the Khan Academy method, can you parlay that into a $150K or $200K salary for a teacher? If you could do that, it immediately professionalizes teaching to be on a par with medicine or law because in principle it’s... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
billboards on district properties. (Both pass.) Motion by motion, the wheels of government turn as the clock ticks later and later into the evening. A motion for a local swim team to rent the high school pool. A motion itemizing salaries... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
pretty businesslike in your judgments,” he says, noting that even a backup player generally earns an annual salary of $1 to $2 million. “The financial skills I learned at HBS have been extremely useful in that sense. You need to be able... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
vision from a different angle. He’s frank about the financial aspect of the decision—with three children, a government salary wasn’t sustainable over the long term—but he doesn’t rule out a return to government, and is equally upfront... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
why have teachers teaching individually in separate classrooms, why not teach together in large collaborative spaces? If $10K or $15K a year is about what school districts spend per student, with the Khan Academy method, can you parlay that into a $150K or $200K View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
Without leaving the hallways of their public high school, dozens of students from the economically distressed city of Newburgh, New York, have earned associate’s degrees in cybersecurity, arming them with in-demand skills and preparing them for jobs with starting View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
succeed and so will the company. This is the covenant leaders establish with their employees, and it drives performance far better than salary and perks. Leaders seal this covenant personally. The kind of person you are matters. The kind... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
peace of mind. Go-Jek drivers themselves sported a more professional look, decked out in jackets and helmets the color of a green apple with the company logo splashed across both in white. Some drivers say their salaries doubled, thanks... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
home. In South Korea, women routinely run their household budgets, according to former president Kim Dae-jung, whom Siegel interviewed for the study shortly before Kim's death in 2009. "In the household economy, wives are the main players," President Kim... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
housing department and helping to set up the deployment of Detroit’s $28 million share from the American Rescue Plan. Although the fellowship grant that augments her salary has ended, Mendu has extended her stint with the city to be... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
than anything, and that perhaps I was called to ministry,” he says. “I went to my rector to talk about it, and he said, ‘What took you so long?’ Less than a year later, I was in seminary.” Quainton gave up a six-figure salary and a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
his wife's salary as a sales representative at Wang, Shafir struggled to grow his business, barely keeping ahead of his creditors each month. Finally in 1993, new financing from another relative provided enough cushion to allow Shafir to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
by using VLJs. Their research showed that introducing the new jets would reduce the company’s travel budget by over 25 percent. The savings held firm even when employees at salary levels below $50,000 used the VLJs to travel. “As... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
teams; the worst-performing franchises have the first picks in the league's annual draft of college players; and salary caps help ensure that wealthier teams can't just buy up all the best players. A congressional partial exemption from... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
Westergren. The company's founder-CEO recently left due to pressures both at home and within the venture. Dozens of investors turned thumbs-down on the venture; salaries had been cut; and, tensions had risen within the founding team. Now... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
that establish the going rate for talent according to company size, industry, and geography. Salaries in these tables are reported in quartiles, from highest to lowest amounts, and no corporate compensation committee wants to say that it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
the years. To Nation contributor Calvin Trillin, who claims Navasky originally hired him for a salary in the “high two figures,” The Nation is “a pinko sheet on cheap paper.” (Trillin adds that it’s the only magazine whose pages look... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
highest-paid CEOs in 2011 through 2014, Clifford explains how board directors and compensation committees have directly contributed to the rising salaries and bonuses of the country’s richest CEOs and argues that those companies could... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
rate.) The following month, officers received a recorded notification of their salary deposit, with instructions on how to access it using an interactive voice-recognition system. The police, Khoja says, returned to his office—but this... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
found no takers given injury concerns, their high asking price, and the supply of quality quarterbacks on the market. Given that cutting Newton would free up $19 million in space in salary cap terms and would cost the Panthers only $2... View Details