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The time has come for America’s business leaders to reconsider how they work with educators to support public schools. Trends are converging to create fresh opportunities, greater need, and a unique moment for business involvement. In this session, Professor Jan Rivkin will discuss current research--conducted with the Gates Foundation and BCG as part of HBS’s project on U.S. competitiveness--on business’s role in education. The work highlights how business can move from “checkbook philanthropy” toward lasting impact on student outcomes.View the U.S. Competitiveness library of PK-12 publications.
The talk will address:
• Why PK-12 education lies at the heart of today’s challenge to U.S. competitiveness
• How business leaders engage with educators and schools today
• Why America’s school superintendents view current business engagements with a mix of hope and skepticism
• What new and promising models of business-education partnerships are emerging
• What barriers must be overcome for those models to take root and spread