Chapter 2: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Education

Drawing on broad scholarship on social entrepreneurship and social change, this chapter provides an opportunity to specifically consider how educational innovators are contributing to social change in developing countries. We draw on research we have completed in Kenya and Haiti with social entrepreneurs who have supported the development of low-fee private schools for marginalized populations in these contexts (Sider, 2014; Sider Jean-Marie, 2014; Sivasubramaniam, 2014). In the discussion section, we examine themes related to philosophy, philanthropy, and profit in the social entrepreneurship that accompanies privatization of education in Kenya and Haiti. The conclusion section of the chapter considers challenges and opportunities for the intersection of education and social change in developing countries, particularly with consideration for social entrepreneurship.