Social Entrepreneurship in Education Private Ventures for the Public Good

by Sandler, Michael R.

• ISBN13: 9781607093565
• ISBN10: 1607093561
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-16
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Social Entrepreneurship in Education chronicles the twenty-five-year history of entrepreneurs who responded to the call of A Nation at Risk and launched an education industry. It tells the story of these "education entrepreneurs" and the lessons they learned, leveraging entrepreneurial principles to solve public problems and create social change.

Author Biography

Michael R. Sandler, a lifelong entrepreneur, is chairman and CEO of the Education Industry Group, an advisory firm supporting social entrepreneurship in education. In 1989, Sandler was appointed a Fellow of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to research the role of business and education and later founded Eduventures, Inc., and other businesses in the field of education. For more information, please visit www.socialentrepreneurshipineducation.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Energy and Persistence Conquer All Things	p. 1
Bold Interventions	p. 9
Breaking the Mold	p. 25
Venturing into Education	p. 37
The Journey and Challenges of Scale and Profitability	p. 53
Mining the Gold	p. 67
Boom, Bust, and Unforseen Consequences	p. 85
Building Sustainable Structure for the Education Industry	p. 109
Education Entrepreneurs Responding to the Call	p. 125
Epilogue-Baseball, Education and Our Future	p. 139
Bibliography	p. 143
Additional Resources	p. 145
Index	p. 151
About the Author	p. 161
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