Continuing challenges and potential for collaborative approaches to education reform / Susan J. Bodilly, Rita Karam, Nate Orr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodilly, Susan J.

Contributor:

Karam, Rita.

Orr, Nate.

Ford Foundation.

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series Continuing challenges and potential for collaborative approaches to education reform

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs.

Educational change.

Community organization.

Social movements.

Community and school.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Education, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Ford Foundation's Collaborating for Education Reform Initiative (CERI) provided grantees with funds, guidance, and technical assistance to develop collaboratives and carry out activities to improve teaching and learning. A second effort, CERI 2, laid down a new set of goals for grantees. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated the initiative.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Background on the Initiative; The History of CERI 1 (1998-2003); The History of CERI 2 (2004-2009); Purpose and Approach; Remainder of the Monograph; CHAPTER TWO Approach, Concepts, and Development of Indicators; Approach; Data Sources; Documents; Yearly Site Visits with Interviews, Focus Groups, and Informal Observations; The Urban Partnership Program and CERI 1 Phone Survey; Administrative Data; Analysis; Study Limitations; Literature Review

Interorganizational LinkagesExpectations for Implementation; Implications; Indicators of Progress; CHAPTER THREE Progress Toward Collaborative Functioning and Sustainment; Overview of Progress Toward Collaborative Function and Sustainment; The Alianza, Puerto Rico; Ask for More, Jackson, Mississippi; Austin Interfaith, Austin, Texas; DC VOICE, District of Columbia; Grow Your Own, Chicago, Illinois; Urban Partnership Program and Former Collaborating for Education Reform Initiative 1 Sites; Summary of Progress Made, Enablers, and Constraints

Collaborative Efforts Are Highly Susceptible to Constraints and Changes in the EnvironmentLeadership Change Affected Collaborative Growth; Inclusiveness in Leadership Plays an Important Role in Collaborative Building and Growth; Building the Legitimacy of the Collaborative Proved Critical for Growth and Sustainment; Information Developing and Sharing and Joint Decisionmaking Supported Collaborative Function; Conflicts Among Partners Affected Some Efforts; Fundraising Needed to Be Attended to Early; CHAPTER FOUR Progress Toward Goals; Summary of Activities Undertaken; Were Choices Reasonable?

Summary of Progress Toward GoalsThe Alianza; Promote Quality in Teaching and Learning; Promote Policies That Lead to Quality in Teaching and Learning; Ask for More; Promote Quality in Teaching and Learning; Promote Policies That Lead to Quality in Teaching and Learning; Become a Voice for Collaboration; Austin Interfaith; Promote Quality in Teaching and Learning; Promote Policies That Lead to Quality in Teaching and Learning; Become a Voice in the Community; DC VOICE; Promote Policies That Lead to Quality in Teaching and Learning; Become a Voice for the Community; Grow Your Own

Promote Policies That Lead to Quality in Teaching and LearningCross-Site Themes on the Implementation of Activities; The Criteria Used for Choosing an Intervention Played a Large Role in Its Success; Regular Needs Assessment and Reflection Enabled Beneficial Adaptation of Interventions; Use of Collaborative Approaches to Implementation Facilitated Progress; Collaboratives Faced Challenges in Implementing Activities with Dwindling Foundation Support; Intervention Implementation Was Affected by the Political and Economic Context; CHAPTER FIVE Conclusions and Observations

Findings and Conclusions

Notes:

"Sponsored by the Ford Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8330-5164-4

OCLC:

714123009