District-Charter Collaboration Grants program¶
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Evidence · 7 claims (6 for, 1 against) · 4 studies (2 qualitative, 1 associational, 1 design),q2· 0 of 4 report an effect size · 7 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant program that funded cross-sector collaboration between public and charter schools in seven cities.
Components¶
Claims¶
- Educator grantees in the District-Charter Collaboration Grants cited collaborative work on classroom observation, operations alignment, and curriculum development as particularly helpful to their professional development [+W]
- In schoolwide grant-activity cities, about half of surveyed educators collaborated with educators from the opposite sector [+W]
- In cities with individually targeted grant activities, more than three-quarters of grant participants collaborated across sectors [+W]
- Respondents viewed local foundations, businesses, and community groups as promoting cross-sector collaboration, while competition, political divisions, and teachers' unions may hinder it [+W]
- Nearly all respondents said inadequate school time and opportunities for collaboration made cross-sector collaboration more difficult [-W]
- Cross-sector leadership programs were widely viewed as the most successful collaboration grant activities, while limited grant time period and scope and lack of goal clarity hindered implementation [+W]
- Leaders at city, central office, and school levels are perceived to play a key role in promoting cross-sector collaboration [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Alyson Burnett, Moira McCullough, Christina Clark Tuttle. (2016). Understanding District-Charter Collaboration (Issue Brief). Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/gates-district-charter-collaboration-issue-brief
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District-Charter Collaboration Grants program |
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A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant program that funded cross-sector collaboration between public and charter schools in seven cities. |
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1 — alyson-burnett-2016 |
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