Resources

Follow the links below to find resources on various aspects of building effective partnerships between business and education:

• Association and conference reports
• Case studies
• Corporate/community involvement and cause marketing
• Evaluation
• Foundations
• Fundraising
• Leadership
• Outreach
• Parent and community engagement
• Partnership practices
• Policy
• Program design and development
• Program models
• Reports and studies
• Role of business in the community
• STEM education
• Surveys
• Toolkits and guides
• Websites and blogs
• Workforce development

Association and conference reports

• 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

• How to Measure the Performance of Your Outreach Programs, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, April 2006
• Checklists for Education Outreach Campaign Design, Brett Pawlowski, DeHavilland Associates, December 2005

Foundations

• Reconnecting Education and Foundations: Turning Good Intentions into Educational Capital – Report from the Carnegie Foundation (December 2006)
• Principles for Effective Education Grantmaking, Grantmakers for Education, 2005
• Guide to Starting a School Foundation, National School Foundations Association
• Assisting K-12 Education through the National Center for Public and Private School Foundations, Dave Else, Institute for Educational Leadership
• National School Foundations Association (association website)

Fundraising

• Principles for Effective Education Grantmaking, Grantmakers for Education, 2005
• Guide to Starting a School Foundation, National School Foundations Association
• National School Foundations Association (association website)
• Selfish Giving – A Cause Marketer’s Musings on Doing Well and Doing Good (blog)

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

• 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

• Bridging the Diversity Gap in Science and Engineering: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice Programs, Bayer, July 2007 (PDF file)
• 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
• Partnerships 2000: A Decade of Growth and Change, National Association of Partners in Education, 2001. (WARNING: Large File, 32MB)

Policy

• 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
• 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
• The Elephant and the Internet: Thoughts on the Current Education Debate, Stephen Jordan, US Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center, 2006
• Reframing Education: The Partnership Strategy and Public Schools, Janice Hirota, Carnegie Corporation, 2005

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

• Bridging the Diversity Gap in Science and Engineering: Introducing STEM Industries to K-12 Best Practice Programs, Bayer, July 2007 (PDF file)
• Best in Class: Companies Can Help Transform Public Education – White paper from Ernst & Young, April 2007 (PDF File)
• 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
• “Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-Boundary Leadership”, The Coalition for Community Schools

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

• 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

• 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

• Cause Marketing Forum
• Public Eduation Network
• National School Foundations Association
• Education PR – Technology for Communicators in Education
• Council for Corporate and School Partnerships
• Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
• Business Tools for Better Schools – from Achieve Inc.
• DeHavilland Blog – Thoughts from the Intersection of Business and Education
• Selfish Giving – A Cause Marketer’s Musings on Doing Well and Doing Good

Workforce development

• 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