External partners played the central role in forming and running implementation networks, with most principal interaction directed at partners rather than other schools¶
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Currency · newest study 1998 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2001: local conditions change quickly
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q2 i? Nearly two-thirds of principals reported their schools were invited into networks by external partners, and most within-network interaction was with the external partner. → Initial Accomplishments of Implementation Networks: A Baseline Technical Report of the Chicago Annenberg Research Project 1998
Evidence¶
Initial Accomplishments of Implementation Networks: A Baseline Technical Report of the Chicago Annenberg Research Project 1998¶
Initial Accomplishments of Implementation Networks: A Baseline Technical Report of the Chicago Annenberg Research Project. (1998). https://consortium.uchicago.edu
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Findings from the 1997 Principal Survey of implementation-network schools. The survey found "Nearly two-thirds of the principals reported that their schools were invited to participate in networks by their external partners," while only 17 percent were invited by another school and 19 percent formed their own networks.
"Nearly two-thirds of the principals reported that their schools were invited to participate in networks by their external partners (see Table 8)."
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Related Claims¶
- Principals in implementation networks reported moderate school improvement from working with external partners and other network schools, attributed largely to teacher collaboration — related
- Improving schools secured external resources aligned with a development agenda and employed them strategically, and cultivated strong distributive leadership with a make-or-break principal role — related
- Most principals in implementation networks reported moderate reductions in school-community isolation as a result of network participation — related
- In selected Chicago schools, external partners sparked documented improvements in instruction, parent involvement, or school climate — related
- Networking opportunities were the most valued feature of the network, with 20 of 24 interviewed teachers crediting them as playing the greatest role in changing their instruction — related
- Network participation faced challenges of teacher time, resources, and fragmentation, with about 40 percent of principals reporting few useful resources — related
- External partners' influence is necessarily limited by their minor role in schools' attention and activity — reports the opposite
- Annenberg external partners were organizationally diverse, and a majority focused their work on curriculum and instruction — related
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External partners played the central role in forming and running implementation networks, with most principal interaction directed at partners rather than other schools |
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External partners played the central role in forming and running implementation networks, with most principal interaction directed at partners rather than other schools |
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1998 |
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2001 |
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