Resources
Follow the links below to find resources on various aspects of building effective partnerships between business and education:
Association and conference reports
- Investing in Education: Why Private Dollars Matter - San Jose Education Foundation (September 2007)
- Bridging the Diversity Gap in Science and Engineering: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice Programs, Bayer, July 2007 (PDF file)
- Business-Education Partnerships in the United States: Committed to the Future - First annual report of the Business Education Network (Spring 2006) - PDF File
- The Elephant and the Internet: Thoughts on the Current Education Debate, Stephen Jordan, US Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center, 2006
- Notes from the 2005 Business Education Network Summit, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, October 2005
- The State of Corporate Citizenship in the US: Business Perspectives in 2005, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and the US Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship, 2005
- Tapping America's Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative, Business Roundtable and others, 2005
- 2004 Conference: Business and K-12 Education Partnerships, a conference report from the US Chamber of Commerce, 2004
Case studies
- Bridging the Diversity Gap in Science and Engineering: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice Programs, Bayer, July 2007 (PDF file)
- Educating Tomorrow's Workforce: SIA’s 2005 Report on the U.S. Semiconductor Industry’s Commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education in Grades K-12 in the United States, Semiconductor Industry Association, February 2006
- 2004 Conference: Business and K-12 Education Partnerships, a conference report from the US Chamber of Commerce, 2004
- Bridge To Employment Report: A Decade of Promising School to Career Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, September 2005
- School Business Partnership: A Case Study of an Elementary School Partnership to Determine Factors for Success, dissertation by Barbara Holley, 1998
Corporate/community involvement and cause marketing
- Best in Class: Companies Can Help Transform Public Education - White paper from Ernst & Young (April 2007) - PDF File
- Step Up: A Call for Business Leadership in Society - Report from the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston University (January 2007) - Free registration required to download report
- Rethinking Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fleishman-Hillard/National Consumers Leage Study, Fleishman-Hillard, May 2006
- Changing the Game, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2006
- Reaching for a Common Goal, a survey on cause-related marketing partnerships by PainePR and PRWeek, 2006
- Does Society Want Business Leadership? An Overview of Attitudes and Thinking, Michael Blowfield, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, December 2005 (Note: requires free registration)
- The Debate Over Doing Good, Brian Grow, BusinessWeek, August 15, 2005
- Philanthropy, Inc.: How Today's Corporate Donors Want Their Philanthropy to Help the Bottom Line, Keith Epstein, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2005
- Doing Well By Doing Good 2005: How Corporate Citizenship Can Turn Consumers Into Brand Champions - GolinHarris, 2005
- What Is the Business of Business?, Ian Davis, McKinsey Quarterly, 2005
- The State of Corporate Citizenship in the US: Business Perspectives in 2005, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College and the US Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship, 2005
- Survey on Corporate-Community Relations, Social Science Research Council, 2002
- Making the Business Case: Determining the Value of Corporate Community Involvement, Steven Rochlin, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, October 2000 (Note: requires free registration)
- Benefits of Employee Involvement in Business/Education Partnerships, Conference Board of Canada, 1998
- Go Ahead, Pound Your Chest: A View on the Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility Communications, Mike McKenna, President of Marsteller
- Cause Marketing Forum (website)
- Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College (website)
- Selfish Giving - A Cause Marketer's Musings on Doing Well and Doing Good (blog)
Evaluation
Foundations
Fundraising
Leadership
- Best in Class: Companies Can Help Transform Public Education - White paper from Ernst & Young (April 2007) - PDF File
- Step Up: A Call for Business Leadership in Society - Report from the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston University (January 2007) - Free registration required to download report
- The Elephant and the Internet: Thoughts on the Current Education Debate, Stephen Jordan, US Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center, 2006
- Learning To Lose: Our Education System Isn't Ready for a World of Competition, commentary by Norman Augustine in The Washington Post, December 6, 2005
- Science Grads, Where Are You?, commentary by Craig Barrett in BusinessWeek, December 5, 2005
- Does Society Want Business Leadership? An Overview of Attitudes and Thinking, Michael Blowfield, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, December 2005 (Note: requires free registration)
- Next Steps for Business and Education Partnerships, Stephen Jordan, US Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center, July 27, 2005
- Business-Education Partnerships: Business Needs to Do More, interview with Howie Schaffer of the Public Education Network, by Carolyn Cavicchio, onPhilanthropy, April 22, 2005
- Interview with Secretary of Education Rod Paige, US Chamber's Corporate Citizen newsletter, June/July 2004
- "Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership", The Coalition for Community Schools
Outreach
- Tools for Marketing Your Education Outreach Program, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, February 2006
- How Strong Communication Contributes to Student and School Success: Parent and Family Involvement, Anne Cary, NSPRA, 2006
- Checklists for Education Outreach Campaign Design, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, December 2005
- Communications Toolkit: A Guide to Navigating Communications for the Nonprofit World, Cause Communications, 2005 (Note: requires free registration)
- Education PR - Technology for Communicators in Education (blog)
Parent and community engagement
- Business Coalition Leaders Speak Out on Education - DeHavilland Associates - PDF file (June 2007)
- Community/School Partnerships: A National Survey - Report from DeHavilland Associates (February 21, 2007) - PDF File
- Engaging Communities: Voices in Urban Education - Annenberg Institute for School Reform (November 2006)
- School and Parent Interaction by Household Language and Poverty Status: 2002–03, NCES, October 2006
- Enhancing the Value of Public Education: Lessons from the Private Sector - Phi Delta Kappan (June 2006)
- Working Together: School/Family/Community Partnerships, a Toolkit for New Mexico School Communities - New Mexico Department of Education (June 2006)
- Poll Underscores the Value of Community Partnerships, Carnegie Corporation, March 2006
- Dear Public: Can We Talk? Public Engagement Encourages a Broad, Lasting Base of Support, Jean Johnson and Will Friedman, The AASA School Administrator, February 2006
- How Strong Communication Contributes to Student and School Success: Parent and Family Involvement, Anne Cary, NSPRA, 2006
- Reframing Education: The Partnership Strategy and Public Schools, Janice Hirota, Carnegie Corporation, 2005
- Teacher-Parent Engagement Through Partnerships Toolkit, MetLife Foundation with National Association of Partners in Education, 2002
- "Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership", The Coalition for Community Schools
- Public Eduation Network (association website)
Partnership practices
Policy
Program design and development
- Checklists for Education Outreach Campaign Design, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, December 2005
- 7 Steps to Building Your Education Outreach Campaign, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, October 2005
- Options in Education Outreach, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, September 2005
- Corporate & School Partnerships: Best Practices and Guiding Principles, The Council for Corporate and School Partnerships, October 4, 2001
- Guiding Principles for Business and School Partnerships, The Council for Corporate and School Partnerships, 2001
- Operating Principles for Business-Education Partnerships, Conference Board of Canada, 1998
- "Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership", The Coalition for Community Schools
Program models
Reports and studies
- Best in Class: Companies Can Help Transform Public Education - White paper from Ernst & Young (April 2007) - PDF File
- Education Report Card - Resource from the US Chamber of Commerce (February 28, 2007)
- Tough Choices or Tough Times - Report from The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce (December 2006)
- Evaluating Comprehensive School Reform Models at Scale, a Focus on Implementation - Report from The Rand Corporation (November 2006) - PDF File
- Are They Really Ready to Work? - Conference Board (October 2006) - PDF File
- School and Parent Interaction by Household Language and Poverty Status: 2002–03, NCES, October 2006
- Business-Education Partnerships in the United States: Committed to the Future - First annual report of the Business Education Network (Spring 2006) - PDF File
- Corporate Investments in After School - Report from Corporate Voices for Working Families (April 2006) - PDF file
- Bridge To Employment Report: A Decade of Promising School to Career Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, September 2005
- An Exploratory Study of the Relation of School-Business Partnerships and Developmental Assets to School Success Among Urban High School Students, A Research Report from The Search Institute for National Association of Partners in Education, 2002
- Ethical Guidelines for Business/Education Partnerships, Conference Board of Canada, 1998
- School Business Partnership: A Case Study of an Elementary School Partnership to Determine Factors for Success, dissertation by Barbara Holley, 1998
Role of business in the community
- Step Up: A Call for Business Leadership in Society - Report from the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston University (January 2007) - Free registration required to download report
- Changing the Game, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2006
- Poll Underscores the Value of Community Partnerships, Carnegie Corporation, March 2006
- Why We Care: Corporate America's Stake in Saving Our Schools, commentary by David T. Kearns in the US Chamber's Corporate Citizen newsletter, July/August 2005
- Next Steps for Business and Education Partnerships, Stephen Jordan, US Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center, July 27, 2005
- Business-Education Partnerships: Business Needs to Do More, interview with Howie Schaffer of the Public Education Network, by Carolyn Cavicchio, onPhilanthropy, April 22, 2005
- What Is the Business of Business?, Ian Davis, McKinsey Quarterly, 2005
- Reframing Education: The Partnership Strategy and Public Schools, Janice Hirota, Carnegie Corporation, 2005
- Survey on Corporate-Community Relations, Social Science Research Council, 2002
STEM education
- Bridging the Diversity Gap in Science and Engineering: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice Programs, Bayer, July 2007 (PDF file)
- Math and Science Education and American Competitiveness: Does the Public Care? - Executive summary of national survey by Solutions for the Future (Demember 2006) - PDF File
- Educating Tomorrow's Workforce: SIA’s 2005 Report on the U.S. Semiconductor Industry’s Commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education in Grades K-12 in the United States, Semiconductor Industry Association, February 2006
- Science Grads, Where Are You?, commentary by Craig Barrett in BusinessWeek, December 5, 2005
Surveys
- Business Coalition Leaders Speak Out on Education - DeHavilland Associates - PDF file (June 2007)
- 2007 Survey on External Support for K-12 Schools and Districts - Report from the National School Foundation Association - PDF File (March 15, 2007)
- Community/School Partnerships: A National Survey - Report from DeHavilland Associates (February 21, 2007) - PDF File
- Math and Science Education and American Competitiveness: Does the Public Care? - Executive summary of national survey by Solutions for the Future (Demember 2006) - PDF File
- Poll Underscores the Value of Community Partnerships, Carnegie Corporation, March 2006
- Reaching for a Common Goal, a survey on cause-related marketing partnerships by PainePR and PRWeek, 2006
- Does Society Want Business Leadership? An Overview of Attitudes and Thinking, Michael Blowfield, Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, December 2005 (Note: requires free registration)
- Partnerships 2000: A Decade of Growth and Change, National Association of Partners in Education, 2001. (WARNING: Large File, 32MB)
Toolkits and guides
- Working Together: School/Family/Community Partnerships, a Toolkit for New Mexico School Communities - New Mexico Department of Education (June 2006)
- What Works: Seven Strategies for Success (in School Business Partnerships), The Daniels Fund, May 2006
- How to Measure the Performance of Your Outreach Programs, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, April 2006
- Tools for Marketing Your Education Outreach Program, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, February 2006
- Checklists for Education Outreach Campaign Design, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, December 2005
- 7 Steps to Building Your Education Outreach Campaign, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, October 2005
- Communications Toolkit: A Guide to Navigating Communications for the Nonprofit World, Cause Communications, 2005 (Note: requires free registration)
- A How-To Guide for School-Business Partnerships, The Council for Corporate and School Partnerships, 2002
- Teacher-Parent Engagement Through Partnerships Toolkit, MetLife Foundation with National Association of Partners in Education, 2002
- Corporate & School Partnerships: Best Practices and Guiding Principles, The Council for Corporate and School Partnerships, October 4, 2001
- Guiding Principles for Business and School Partnerships, The Council for Corporate and School Partnerships, 2001
- Operating Principles for Business-Education Partnerships, Conference Board of Canada, 1998
- Multiple resources at the Broward County Partners in Education site, including handbooks, templates, and tutorial materials
- Various handbooks from Ventures in Partnerships, a partnership organization in Lincoln, NE - includes handbooks on mentoring, facilitating, and developing partnerships
Websites and blogs
Workforce development
- Policies to Engage Postsecondary Education in State Economic Development - Education Commission of the States (September 2007)
- The Progress of Education Reform: Economic and Workforce Development - Education Commission of the States (August 2007)
- Math and Science Education and American Competitiveness: Does the Public Care? - Executive summary of national survey by Solutions for the Future (Demember 2006) - PDF File
- Tough Choices or Tough Times - Report from The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce (December 2006)
- Are They Really Ready to Work? - Conference Board (October 2006) - PDF File
- Career Pathways: Aligning Public Resources to Support Individual and Regional Economic Advancement in the Knowledge Economy - Report from Workforce Strategy Center (August 2006) - PDF file
- Educating Tomorrow's Workforce: SIA’s 2005 Report on the U.S. Semiconductor Industry’s Commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education in Grades K-12 in the United States, Semiconductor Industry Association, February 2006
- Learning To Lose: Our Education System Isn't Ready for a World of Competition, commentary by Norman Augustine in The Washington Post, December 6, 2005
- Science Grads, Where Are You?, commentary by Craig Barrett in BusinessWeek, December 5, 2005
- Bridge To Employment Report: A Decade of Promising School to Career Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, September 2005
- Tapping America's Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative, Business Roundtable and others, 2005
- Working to Learn, Learning to Work, Robert T. Jones in Edutopia, July 1, 1997
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