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  • November 2022 (Revised March 2023)
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OneSmart

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Meg Rithmire and Shu Lin
At the end of 2021, Xi “Steve” Zhang was facing an existential crisis for himself and his business. OneSmart was a premium educational company founded in 2008 offering K-12 afterschool tutoring for students nationwide under a number of brands. The company was founded... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Crisis Management; Failure; Education Industry; China
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  • October 2022
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EducationSuperHighway 2.0

By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
In 2012, Evan Marwell launched EducationSuperHighway (ESH) to address a major problem: though most public K-12 schools in the US had access to the Internet, only roughly 30% had true broadband access that would enable every student to have high speed connectivity. ... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Leading Change; Early Childhood Education; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Telecommunications Industry; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States; San Francisco
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Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning

By: Meira Levinson, Alan C. Geller, Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber
At least 62 million K-12 students in North America—disproportionately low-income children of color— have been physically out of school for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are at risk of significant academic, social, mental, and physical harm... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Public Health; Air Quality; Social Determinants Of Health; Schooling Hesitancy; Vaccine Hesitancy; Racial Injustice; Inequity; Inequality; Health Pandemics; Education; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Race; Equality and Inequality
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Managing the Future of Work

skills jobs is evolving much faster than educators’ abilities to change curriculum. Podcast ETS’s Amit Sevak makes the case for continuous assessment 18 JUN 2025 | MANAGING THE FUTURE OF WORK The flagship firm is pushing the boundaries of testing, from View Details
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Research Areas - Doctoral

change; business models that address poverty; management of high-performing K-12 public school districts; and financing models for the non-profit sector 12. Technology and Innovation research focuses on value creation of platforms and... View Details
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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

Sevak makes the case for continuous assessment The flagship firm is pushing the boundaries of testing, from K-12 through career. What are the implications for the workforce and society? And how does AI change the future of benchmarking?... View Details
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About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

works to connect alumni to each other as well as to resources and research. She is passionate about leveraging the collective impact of HBS alumni to tackle complex social issues. Prior to joining the team at the Social Enterprise Initiative, Emily spent over 20 years... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social Entrepreneurship Format Text Video A... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

sustained, high-impact social change. Current research focuses on leadership of socially mission-driven organizations; the role of business leaders and corporate citizenship in driving social change; business models that address poverty; management of high-performing... View Details
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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness

conducting research in areas such as innovation, manufacturing, entrepreneurship, company location choices, firm governance, local business ecosystems, human capital, K-12 education, fiscal policy, tax policy, capital markets,... View Details
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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

K-12 schools in the US had access to the ... Featured MBA Course Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship This course (formerly Entrepreneurship in Education Reform) explores the central role that education plays in our... View Details
  • 12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

and they are now featured in Forbes as a go-to resource on decarbonizing concrete factories. And I first spoke with Margaret Wang (HGSE 2020) before she even had an idea for a startup. Now she and David Jaffe (ALI 2021) have created Subject to Climate, which connects... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
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  • 09 Aug 2021
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OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

has exacerbated these disparities. According to McKinsey, 40 percent of Black K-12 students received no remote instruction during the most recent school year, and another 46 percent had only subpar remote instruction. Only 14 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg
  • 28 Oct 2022
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Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

other as we reach personal milestones. What are you doing now? How has your MBA prepared you for your post-HBS career? I have the honor of serving as Vice President of Marketing at Ellevation Education, the nation’s leading K-12 software... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social Entrepreneurship Format Text Video... View Details
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Sarah Wong Archives | Social Enterprise

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Bethany vanderWalde Archives | Social Enterprise

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  • 06 Jan 2015
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Bringing business skills to Ed reform

Kristen McNutt (MBA 2015) plans to combine her business skills with her lifelong passion for education to help reform K-12 education. (Published January 2015) View Details