Resources
The following are some resources available to help Business-Education partnerships:
Organizations
- The Council for Corporate & School Partnerships:
http://www.corpschoolpartners.org/index.shtml
Founded by The Coca Cola Company, this is one of the primary organizations to feature a how-to guide for partnerships.
- Business Education Network:
http://www.businesseducationnetwork.com/ben/partnerships/index.htm?show=all
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce started this business coalition that would support education partnerships; this link contains a catalogue of national business-education partnerships.
- DeHavilland Associates:
http://www.dehavillandassociates.com/
This is a prominent consulting firm that focuses exclusively on k-12 business-education partnerships with webinars and white papers.
- Business/Education Partnership Forum:
http://www.biz4ed.org/
This site offers free news, information, and resources to help prospective partners learn about strategies to build successful partnerships.
- Strategic ED Solutions:
http://www.strategicedsolutions.org/
A venture of the Business Higher Education Forum, this site is designed to target philanthropic corporations in identifying strategies for creating proven impacts in education.
- What Works Clearinghouse:
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
U.S. Dept of Education operates this website that provides a central source of scientific evidence for what programs work in education.
- Business Coalition for Student Achievement:
http://www.biz4achievement.org/
This coalition is coordinated by Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and serves to strengthen and improve NCLB.
- Once Upon A School:
http://www.onceuponaschool.org/
Founded by writer Dave Eggers, this project encourages local community members to directly volunteer at their local public schools and write a narrative about the experience.
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