Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP)

En•tre•pre•neur: noun, A person who starts a new organization or revitalizes a mature organization, generally in response to identified opportunities.

The Challenge
Today's schools are complex organizations.  School leaders face many challenges: they must master not only finance, operations, curriculum and discipline, but also create a vision, foster a culture of achievement, build relationships among diverse groups, and use data to make decisions.  They must be creative, flexible, visionary, passionate, and persistent.
 
They must be, not just great educators, but great entrepreneurs.

And yet, national reports have identified school leadership as a critical area in need of development.  We don’t have enough education entrepreneurs to lead excellent schools.

The Solution

The Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP) equips current and aspiring school leaders with the management tools, strategic frameworks and supportive networks they need to face the challenges of public school leadership.

 

By combining world-class business training with our unique education entrepreneurship institute, our students are challenged to explore what is possible in education today.  Our goal is to train a cadre of professionals ready to lead excellent schools for all children, particularly those who are currently underserved.

 

The REEP network is made up of passionate, creative education entrepreneurs: both the students as well as local practitioners and national thought leaders who guide the dialogue.  Together, they challenge each other to be catalysts for change within public schools.

NPR is starting a new series on teacher education

NPR is starting a new series on teacher education. In the latest installment, reporter Claudio Sanchez discusses the state of teacher education programs at college and universities.

Education Initiative Developed by Rice University to Transform Houston School Leadership in K-12

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Management is in alliance with Houston educational organizations in a compelling new program designed to equip principals in K-12 schools with exceptional leadership skills and business acumen. A goal of the initiative is to dramatically change and improve the academic performance of students throughout the community, particularly in underserved schools. The program as designed, is unique not only in Houston, but throughout the US.

Rethinking Principal Priorities of Training

Cities across America have long hunted for tougher, better-trained principals to turn around struggling schools full of impoverished children. A major university and an influential group of educators in Texas are proposing a provocative way to meet the demand: They say urban principals of the future can skip the traditional education school credentials and learn instead about business.