For schools.
Schools come to case competitions for visible skills: structured problem solving, numeracy, teamwork, and public speaking. Youth programmes in this tradition, including global prize and business-academy formats, work when the academic purpose is explicit and the event operations are calm.
Use the archive as curriculum, not only as a brand.
A class can spend two weeks on one previous case: tree, sizing, options, slides, mock board. Another class can compare a public-service case with a consumer-brand case and discuss why the first split changes. Photos and the original visual language can support a club identity without turning the course into a fashion exercise.
Do not invent a league table for the archive cases. Teach the prompts. If your school later runs a live contest with recorded results, publish those results on your own authority.
A minimal school programme.
- Introductory lecture on case structure.
- Two drills from the training page.
- One full practice case from the archive.
- Optional internal heat with published criteria.
- Optional external contest with a licensed or original brief.
Operations that protect students.
Publish rules, timing, and allowed tools. Provide a faculty or alumni judge briefing so scoring is consistent. Keep workload humane; a 24-hour case needs food, a quiet room, and a safeguarding adult. Collect photo consent. Keep contact through the public form if you want to discuss collaboration with the committee.
The original committee model — executive planning plus ambassadors — maps onto a student club plus teacher supervisor. Read how schools host and the committee.