Principals' email communication with teachers and parents expanded substantially by 2005, though most elementary principals still never emailed parents¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? By 2005, more than three-fourths of elementary school principals and more than 90 percent of high school principals emailed teachers at least occasionally, and the percentage emailing parents nearly tripled. → Vanessa Coca 2007

Evidence¶

Vanessa Coca 2007¶

Vanessa Coca, Elaine M. Allensworth. (2007). Trends in Access to Computing Technology and Its Use in Chicago Public Schools 2001–2005. Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/trends-access-computing-technology-and-its-use-chicago-public-schools-2001-2005

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Trend analysis of principal survey reports on six communication and work activities (Figures 1A and 1B). Almost 100 percent of principals used email to contact other principals and the central office by 2005, and the percentage emailing parents nearly tripled by 2005.

"The percentage of principals who email their teachers more than doubled, so that more than three-fourths of elementary school principals and more than 90 percent of high school principals now email teachers at least occasionally."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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