Publications

November 2013
Case

Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Nicole Shomair, Vernon Beckford and Lisa Strope

After an unusual round of doubles in May 2011, real estate investor Bobby Turner, Managing Partner, Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF) and Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors, found himself at a loss for words. Turner was... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Real Estate; Fund Raising; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Real Estate Industry; United States

01 Jun 2013
News

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

The charter school movement was supposed to transform American public education. So far, though, the results have been mixed. But HBS grads nationwide are offering new approaches, innovative methods, unique... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

February 2023
Case

Success Academy Charter Schools

By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua D. Coval, Denise Han, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

This stand-alone multimedia case follows the story of Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy, a network of high-performing charter schools in New York City. As a New York City councilor between 1999 and 2006, Moskowitz became frustrated over the inertia and dysfunction in... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Performance Effectiveness; Equality and Inequality; Private Sector; Education Industry; New York (city, NY)

February 2023
Teaching Note

Success Academy Charter Schools

By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua Coval and Denise Han

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-707. View Details

15 Sep 2010
News

A Model for Free Schools in Britain

Keywords: charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

27 Feb 2018
Video

Boston Collegiate Charter School

November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Boston Renaissance Charter School

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

Keywords: Education; Education Industry; Boston

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2017
Case

Uncommon Schools (A): A Network of Networks

By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra

In 2013, Brett Peiser, CEO of the charter school management organization (CMO) Uncommon Schools, is reassessing the nonprofit’s strategy. For nearly 10 years, Uncommon had fulfilled its mission to bring high-quality education to students in low-income, urban areas... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Teaching; Talent Management; Innovation; Organization Structure; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Education Industry

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18 Jul 2022
News

How to Make College More Affordable? Try the Charter School Model

02 Oct 2013
News

Pozens Establish $80,000 Charter School Prize in Boston

01 Dec 2010
News

New Orleans Resonance

A former corporate financier with Boeing, Ben Kleban (MBA ’05) moved to New York, intending to open a charter school. After Hurricane Katrina struck, New Orleans’s dire need compelled Kleban to decamp to Louisiana, where he founded New... View Details

Keywords: charter schools

07 Feb 2019
News

New Charter School CEO Debuts Colorful Changes

Photo via the Chicago Sun-Times / provided by Noble Photo via the Chicago Sun-Times / provided by Noble Constance Jones (MBA 2008) understands the importance of demonstrating change: As detailed in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Noble Network CEO arrived to View Details

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Success Academy Charter Schools | Information Technology

Featured Case Success Academy Charter Schools The multimedia case follows the story of Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy, a network of high-performing charter View Details

2017
Supplement

Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice

By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra

The (B) case provides an update to the (A) case by illustrating how charter school management organization Uncommon Schools responded to the disparity in its students’ 2013 standardized test results. In 2015, CEO Brett Peiser and his management team decided to align... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Teaching; Talent And Talent Management; Innovation; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry

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01 Dec 2009
News

Education Revolution

2009) at the premiere of his latest documentary film, Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution, which focuses on a successful charter school in Arizona. His 2007 film, Two Million Minutes: A Global... View Details

Keywords: charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

November 2012
Case

Edison Schools, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley

Edison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Conflict of Interests; Initial Public Offering; For-Profit Firms; Public Sector; Market Entry and Exit; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry

January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Excel Academy Charter Middle School, The

This case is set in the summer of 2002 in a recently approved charter middle school in Boston. The school's founders face a choice of compensation plans as they finalize the initial teaching team in the school. In particular, the founders are actively considering two... View Details

Keywords: Teaching; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Boston