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2008 ELCC: Rebuilding New Orleans Public Schools

On February 14 and 15, 2008, Haas hosted the 2nd Annual Education Leadership Case Competition (ELCC), a showcase for MBAs and other graduate students from top universities nationwide. The purpose of the case competition is to bring attention to a critical, real-time issue in education, and to provide an opportunity for talented and dedicated graduate students to create potential solutions for the issue.

The 2008 ELCC concentrated its efforts on helping New Orleans Public Schools. The district has struggled with years of student underperformance, financial mismanagement and corruption prior to Hurricane Katrina. However, in the wake of the storm’s devastation has come an opportunity to rebuild the school system with innovative initiatives. In February, 12 student teams provided real and practical solutions to educational stakeholders in the city of New Orleans, and the two-day competition culminated with first place going to the Kellogg School of Management and second place to Stanford University.

The students’ ideas and recommendations impressed the judging panel, which included 5 education leaders from New Orleans. Rayne Martin, Chief Intelligence Officer for the Recovery School District in New Orleans, said she “fully intends to take all the suggestions back to the Recovery School District…and hopefully contribute to the success of students in New Orleans”. Our competition also attained significant media coverage.

The 2008 ELCC Story

CASH PRIZES

• 1st Place: $3,000 cash + $2,000 Donor's Choose donation
• 2nd Place: $1,500 cash + $1,000 Donor's Choose donation

TEAMS & FINALIST PRESENTATIONS

• 1st Place: Northwestern University, Kellogg
• 2nd Place: Stanford University, GSB
• Finalist: University of Texas at Austin, McCombs
• Finalist: University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler
• Boston College, Carroll
• Duke University, Fuqua
• UC Berkeley, Haas (2 teams)
• UC Davis, GSM
• UCLA, Anderson
• University of Virginia, Darden
• Washington University, Olin
  

PRESS COVERAGE

• ABC News Coverage (February 15, 2008)
• The Daily Californian (February 20, 2008)
• Newswise Business News (February 11, 2008)
• Haas School Newswire (February 4, 2008)

Thank you to our 2008 ELCC Sponsors!

Thanks to their generous contribution, The Broad Foundation - Education (www.broadeducation.org) is the Headline Sponsor for the 2008 ELCC. This type of support will help the ELCC to support more teams, provide a richer program and plan for future competitions and events.

Also supporting the 2008 ELCC were the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (www.sv2.org), The Mind Trust (www.themindtrust.org), and the Haas Consulting Club. Thanks to all for making this event possible!

The Haas Consulting Club

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The ELCC is brought to you by the Haas Education Leadership Club