City leaders showed substantial lack of knowledge of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, with about half of business and government leaders unable to describe its goals¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 1999 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2002: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In 1997 interviews, about half of business and government leaders would not speculate on the Challenge's goals or strategy, though most interviewees offered advice, and about half suggested broadening focus to systemwide policy influence on teacher skills. → Dorothy Shipps 1999

Evidence¶

Dorothy Shipps 1999¶

Dorothy Shipps, Karin Sconzert, with Holly Swyers. (1999). The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: The First Three Years. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/chicago-annenberg-challenge-first-three-years

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Semi-structured interviews with 70 organizational leaders from eight sectors of the Challenge's institutional environment, conducted summer–fall 1997, with qualitative content analysis and tabulation. The authors report "about half of the business and government leaders would not even speculate on its goals or strategy."

"About half of the business and government leaders would not even speculate on its goals or strategy; however, most interviewees had advice for the Challenge Board. About half of these leaders suggested broadening the focus to include influencing policy systemwide, and specifically to focus on policies to enhance teacher skills and competencies."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The Chicago Annenberg Challenge underwent rapid organizational learning, reshaping from a community-organizing collaborative into a formal activist foundation — related
• Leaders at city, central office, and school levels are perceived to play a key role in promoting cross-sector collaboration — related