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The 2010 Education Leadership Case Competition
Pittsburgh Public Schools:
The Pathway to the Promise Starts Here
Above: The winning team, made up of students from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Graduate School of Education display their first place certificates. The team also received $3,000 in prize money. (L-R) Elizabeth Ivester, Julia Stiglitz, Jason Lange and Tony Luckett. Below: Pittsburgh (PA) Public Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt makes a point during his keynote address during the fourth annual Haas Education Leadership Case Competition. Roosevelt was joined on the judging panel by two other district leaders, Amy Malen and Holly O'Donnell and four national business and education leaders at the fourth annual Education Leadership Case Competition at the Haas School of Business on February 13, 2010.
The Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley hosted the 4th annual Education Leadership Case Competition on February 12 and 13, 2010.
Last year's competition focused on Pittsburgh Public Schools and the nationally recognized work of Superintendent Mark Roosevelt. On November 18, Pittsburgh Public Schools was awarded $40M from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the single largest donation ever to the school system. The grant will help fund a sweeping set of reforms focused on maximizing teacher effectiveness. Pittsburgh is one of only five districts nationally to be awarded the grant from the Gates Foundation. The grant is a testament to the reform work that the district has already been engaged in and the district's potential to become a national model for urban education reform. For the full above-the-fold headline in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, click here.
Superintendent Roosevelt has been at the helm since 2005, leading a set of reforms called "Excellence for All." Superintendent Roosevelt and other district leaders have generated significant attention for their efforts in Pittsburgh. In addition to its emerging partnership with the Gates Foundation, PPS has generated significant attention for the Pittsburgh Promise ®, an innovative $135M partnership between PPS and several local foundations and corporations that aims to remove financial barriers for Pittsburgh students to attend post-secondary institutions while also ensuring that all students are "promise ready" - ready for success in college and beyond. These and other initiatives have generated significant media attention, from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the New York Times and the Pittsburgh Quarterly. In a true sign of commitment to the long term nature of this work and trust in his leadership, the PPS Board recently extended Superintendent Roosevelt's contract through 2014.
Last year, the team from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, made up of students pursuing MBAs and Masters in Education, finished in first place while the team from Harvard, made up of Harvard MBAs and Public Policy students from the Kennedy School of Government, finished second. See their presentations below.
CASH PRIZES
1st Place: $3,000 cash
2nd Place: $2,000 cash
TEAMS
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Other team presentations will be updated shortly
JUDGES
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Mark Roosevelt, Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools
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JAmy Malen, Coordinator of Pathways to the Promise, Pittsburgh Public Schools
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Holly O'Donnell, Director of After School Programs, Pittsburgh Public Schools
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Jeff Kutash, Managing Director, FSG Social Impact Advisors
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Paul Jansen, Lecturer Haas School of Business and Director, McKinsey & Company
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Suzanne Anthony, Fellowship Director, The Mind Trust
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Natasha Hoehn, Executive Director, SIlver Giving Foundation
Sponsors
The 2010 Education Leadership Case Competition was supported through the generous support of its headline sponsor The Broad Center, as well as the other sponsors shown below. Click on the logo to learn more about each organization. Thank you to our sponsors!
The Broad Foundation and other sponsors do not take responsibility for any statements or views expressed by the competition organizers, participants, or judges.
The ELCC is brought to you by the Haas Education Leadership Club
