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The 2009 Education Leadership Case Competition

DC Public Schools:
The Pursuit of Excellence in the Nation’s Capital

Above: (L) The winning team, made up of students from Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government, pose with Deputy Chancellor for DC Public Schools Kaya Henderson (far left) and Jason Kamras, Director of Human Capital Strategy for DCPS (far right). (R) Kaya Henderson addresses the 3rd annual Education Leadership Case Competition participants at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley on February 21, 2009.

This year, the Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley hosted the 3rd annual Education Leadership Case Competition. The competition is specifically for MBAs and other graduate students from schools across the country. 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.

This year's competition focussed on the DC Public Schools system and the nationally recognized work of Chancellor Michelle Rhee. In just one year, the Chancellor and her staff have taken dramatic steps to reform the DC Public School system. Their efforts have generated significant media coverage, including aritcles in Fast Company, Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Education Week, and interviews on the Merrow Report, the Newshour with Jim Lehrer and The Charlie Rose Show.

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

• 1st Place: Harvard University (Harvard Business School/Kennedy School)
• 2nd Place: New York University (Stern School of Business)
• Columbia University (Graduate School of Business)
• Duke University (Fuqua School of Business)
• Georgetown University (McDonough School of Business)
• Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management)
• Stanford University (Graduate School of Business)
• University of California, Berkeley (Haas School of Business/Goldman School)
• University of Southern California (Marshall School of Business)
• Yale University (School of Management)

JUDGES

• Kaya Henderson, Deputy Chancellor, DCPS,
• Jason Kamras, Director of Human Capital Strategy, DCPS
• Tyler Comann, Managing Director, Vrolyk & Company
• Temp Keller, Founder and President, RISE
• Lynn Liao, Senior Director, The Broad Center

2009 SPONSORS

Thanks to our lead sponsor, the Broad Foundation and to our other sponors, for enabling us to continue another great year of delivering the nation's only education case competition for business and public policy students.

Lead Sponsor

The Haas Consulting Club

HISTORY

Our previous case competitions made a difference for DC Public Schools in 2009, New Orleans Public Schools in 2008 and Oakland Unified School District in 2007. But there are more schools, education nonprofits, and districts that need our help. Thanks to all who made this possible.

Learn more about our previous competitions:

2008 ELCC: Rebuilding New Orleans Public Schools

2007 ELCC: Results-Based Budgeting with Oakland Unified School District

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