Small elementary schools (under 350 students) report more positive trust relations among teachers and between teachers and parents¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3
Currency · newest study 1996 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In the multilevel analyses, elementary schools with fewer than 350 students reported more positive teacher-teacher and teacher-parent trust relations. → Bryk 1996

Evidence¶

Bryk 1996¶

Bryk, A. S., & Schneider, B. (1996). Social Trust: A Moral Resource for School Improvement. University of Chicago, Center for School Improvement (draft). https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/social-trust-moral-resource-school-improvement

q3 · i? · associational · r?

Multilevel HLM analysis of facilitating factors on relational trust controlling for school, teacher, and student composition. The article attributes the effect to smaller social networks making "it much easier to maintain personal and informal relations among professio[nals]" (text truncated).

"Elementary schools with less than 350 students report more positive trust relations among teachers and between teachers and parents."

Discussion¶

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