Institute Summary
FACULTY
A small group of resident faculty members provide all instruction. They are present for the entire Institute and attend all sessions. They are available for conversation throughout the Institute, including during meals and breaks.
Institute faculty are selected because of their intimate knowledge of urban school district governance and management; knowledge of urban school reform; ability to teach cases and lead discussions; and experience as a school board member, superintendent, researcher, or policymaker. Faculty members have included:
- Arthur Griffin, Member and former Chairman of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
- Robin Kramer, Senior Fellow at the California Community Foundation and former chief of staff to Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.
- Gail Littlejohn, President of Dayton Public Schools Board of Education.
- Don McAdams, former President of the Houston Independent School Board, author of Fighting to Save our Schools and Winning, founder of the Center for Reform of School Systems, and Founder and Executive Director of The Broad Institute.
- Karen Hawley Miles, a national school district consultant and founder of Education Resource Management Strategies in Dallas.
- Rod Paige, former Houston Independent School District Superintendent and current U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Julian Treviño, President of the Board of Trustees San Antonio Independent School District, businessman and former San Antonio Independent School District school administrator.
CURRICULUM
The Broad Institute focuses on learning through case studies, large and small group discussions, and presentations.
CASE STUDIES
The core of The Broad Institute curriculum is case studies on urban governance and reform. Modeled after Harvard Business School teaching cases, The Broad Institute case studies introduce fellows to complex, fact-laden, and often ambiguous scenarios that challenge them to analyze and solve complicated problems that can thwart reform in urban school districts. A majority of the case studies have been developed exclusively for school board members serving throughout the United States.
URBAN EDUCATION 101
Through short presentations, board members are introduced to important background and contextual information to help them better understand urban education and the resources available to them. These sessions provide each participant with an opportunity to learn and ask questions about issues such as history of urban school districts, student based reform, and closing the achievement gap. |
