Equity-centered strategic learning as a four-part organizational capability¶

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Description¶

The article defines equity-centered strategic learning as an organizational capability with four linked parts: setting equity-focused goals, forming hypotheses about reaching them, building supportive culture and systems, and using information for ongoing improvement. It states this is "the set of efforts that enables organizations to set goals that contribute to increased educational equity" and that learning must itself be equity-centered.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Organizations must set goals, establish hypotheses, build supporting culture, practices and systems, and use information to improve their model on an ongoing basis.

Constraints¶

• The definition is scoped to educational equity for Black and Latino students and students experiencing poverty, as stated by this partnership.

Target Learners¶

• K–12 education grantee organizations and their staff

Target Learning Objectives¶

• Organizational capacity to set equity-centered goals, test hypotheses, and use information for continuous improvement

Claims¶

• The CBSL pilot aimed to strengthen grantee capacity through scoping, provider matching, cohort learning, and thought partnership [+W]

Related Theories¶

• Equity-centered strategic learning as an organizational capacity framework
• NSI conceptual framework: intermediary-led school networks using equity-centered continuous improvement to improve on-track outcomes
• Strategic Human Resource Management as a Framework for Instructional Improvement

Examples¶

• Four-part capacity-building support model: scoping, provider matching, cohort learning, and thought partnership
• Intermediary-led grantee cohort model with four support components

Key Sources¶

• Emily Gardner, Emma Pottinger, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch, Virginia Knechtel. (2021). Capacity Building for Strategic Learning Using an Intermediary-Led Grantee Cohort Model: Recommendations for Funders. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/capacity-building-for-strategic-learning-using-an-intermediary-led-grantee-cohort-model