New Partnership Resources
 The Afterschool Alliance has unveiled STEM Learning in Afterschool: An Analysis of Impact and Outcomes. This document summarizes the research base around three primary outcomes, including improved attitudes towards STEM fields and careers, increased STEM knowledge and skills, and the higher likelihood of graduation and pursuing a STEM career. (September 2011)
 The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has just released The Mission of the High School: A New Consensus of the Purposes of Public Education? The document looks at the founding purposes of secondary education, current thinking on the subject, and offers thoughts on resolving the two. (September 2011)
 Public Impact has released a PowerPoint presentation titled Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change, which offers a step-by-step practical strategy for engaging and activating community members to support major changes in your schools. (June 2011)
 The US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for a Competitive Workforce has unveiled Partnership is a Two-Way Street: What It Takes for Business to Help Drive School Reform. The report outlines the efforts within three communities to improve public education through substantive business involvement. (June 2011)
 The Public Education Network has just released An Appeal to All Americans from its National Commission on Civic Investment in Public Education. The commission, comprised of top education and philanthropic leaders, is calling with
new urgency for an increase in the nation's commitment to and civic investment
in public education. (June 2011)
 The American Enterprise Institute has published The Case for Being Bold: A New Agenda for Business in Improving STEM Education. This report outlines some off the ways in which business leaders can get involved in boosting STEM education outcomes, with an emphasis on nontraditional intervention models. (April 2011)
Archive of Partnership 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
- Austin Interfaith: Building Partnerships to Reinvent School Culture - Annenberg Institute for School Reform (June 2009)
- Case study of Operation Excellence - Harvard Business Review (May 2009)
- 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
- Taking a Team Approach to Education Reform - Boston College Center on Corporate Citizenship (March 2009)
- The SAI Guide to Building Effective STEM Education Programs - NASSMC (July 2008)
- 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
- Making the Transition: Interim Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation - MDRC (May 2010)
- National Impact Report on the Math and Science Partnership Program - National Science Foundation (April 2010)
- Why So Few: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics - AAUW (February 2010)
- A New Partnership Paradigm - The MassInsight Education & Research Institute (June 2009)
- Impact Evaluation of the US Department of Education's Student Mentoring Program - US Department of Education (February 2009)
- The Skills Imperative: How Career and Technical Education Can Solve the U.S. Talent Shortage - US Chamber of Commerce (December 2008)
- Career and Technical Education in the United States: 1990 to 2005 - US Department of Education (July 2008)
- 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
- The SAI Guide to Building Effective STEM Education Programs - NASSMC (July 2009)
- 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
- Engaging Business Partners in Education Programs - National Council on Community and Education Partnerships (May 2008)
- Math at Work series - Achieve Inc. (July 2008)
- The SAI Guide to Building Effective STEM Education Programs - NASSMC (July 2008)
- 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
- The Condition of Career and College Readiness 2010 - ACT (August 2010)
- HELP WANTED: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018 - GU Center on Education and the Workforce (June 2010)
- The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School - ACT (December 2008)
- The Skills Imperative: How Career and Technical Education Can Solve the U.S. Talent Shortage - US Chamber of Commerce (December 2008)
- Career and Technical Education in the United States: 1990 to 2005 - US Department of Education (July 2008)
- Workplace Flexibility - US Chamber of Commerce (December 2007)
- 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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