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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
infighting, and allegations of corruption. The district was by far the lowest performing in the state, and nearly half of its 125 schools failed to meet their adequate yearly progress goals in 2004 as required by the federal No Child Left... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
always positioned itself as a fun toy that helps children develop, and it enjoys a healthy relationship with schools and educators throughout the world. About 90 percent of U.S. preschools and kindergartens use LEGO products. Its Learning Institute comprises an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful, but it is not the norm. By and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
Lynda Clarizio Every woman who works and has a life confronts unique challenges, from finding reliable and caring childcare to making time to nurture the relationship with their spouse or partner to fighting their own guilt and... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
won’t be lost such as highly personalized services such as child care until I considered that my 2 year-old grandson can operate iPhones, computers, and other electronic devices which means he’ll soon have... View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
manager changes his or her hours, it can upset a delicate balance of work schedules, family commitments, and child care, which in turn can derail increasingly fragile family budgets. In a survey of Wal-Mart employees, for instance,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
your own 'storefront' on the Internet." READ MORE Cynthia A. Fisher - Viacord, Inc. Shikhar Ghosh - Open Market Joyce I. Greenberg - Take Good Care Monique Maddy - African Communications Group Steven C. Walske - Parametric Technology... View Details
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
point of view, right? If you're looking for a college you want to know that your child is going to be well cared for there, that they're going to have a good experience. The students themselves are thinking... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
crucibles when you lost your fiancé shortly before your wedding, and then your mother as well. Can you talk about how that experience shaped you? BG: Well, I was in my mid-twenties and I'm an only child and I was very close to my mother.... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
otherwise be shut out of opportunities - I'm a poster child for those” she said. Through her experiences engaging with professional development programs, the stage was set for Ramirez to become a leader who would advance opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
hemophiliac, I knew I was different, but that was just normal life for me,” Massie recalls. “My family led a very romantic existence; we had a great time.” Yet as a child with a chronic illness (“the constant shadow,” he once wrote) that... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
communities across the country to better serve some of our most vulnerable populations. READ MORE Luna: You joined Code for America in June of 2017 and you talked openly about how current events and the upcoming birth of your third child... View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
6,000 HBS alumni to gauge and contrast men and women's attitudes and experiences regarding career and family. Among its more surprising findings was that less than a tenth of Generation X women (ages 31-47) and Baby Boomer women (ages 48-66) were not working at all in... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
her back in Germany. My efforts paid off - she and I were married this past June in the Bavarian alps. When Duolingo visited campus last October, I figured this could be a good opportunity to get Product Manager (PM) experience (which I was interested in exploring)... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
expanding their families may find that socializing at school looks a little bit different, especially during COVID-19. Charlotte is expecting her first child with her partner Bethany so they have had to be thoughtful about social... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Improving Infant Mortality Rates: The Impact of Front-line Staff Collaboration on Neonatal Care (revised) Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Jeffrey D. Horbar, and Joseph H. Carpenter Abstract Front-line... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
women who will say, "You know what? All my personal needs and all my family's needs are taken care of, and if I'm no longer enjoying the environment or the work, I'm gone." If there are other demands on women that are really... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
otherwise be shut out of opportunities—I'm a poster child for those” she said. Through her experiences engaging with professional development programs, the stage was set for Ramirez to become a leader who would advance opportunities for... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
with me. They wanted some advice on setting up a small business that they were doing. These women were all widows and rape survivors from the war. Their children had been abducted, they had been raped by soldiers, their husbands had been killed, and they were banded... View Details