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Diverse Schools in a Democratic Society: New Ways of Understanding How School Demographics Affect Civic and Political Learning

Jacobsen, R., Frankenberg, E., & Lenhoff, S. W. (2012). Diverse Schools in a Democratic Society: New Ways of Understanding How School Demographics Affect Civic and Political Learning. American Educational Research Journal, 49(5), 812–843. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831211430352

(Un)Commonly Connected: A Social Network Analysis of State Standards Resources for English/Language Arts

Hodge, E. M., Salloum, S. J., & Benko, S. L. (2016). (Un)Commonly Connected: A Social Network Analysis of State Standards Resources for English/Language Arts. AERA Open, 2(4), 2332858416674901. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858416674901

Networked Social Enterprises: A New Model of Community Schooling for Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Facing Challenging Times

Kerr, K., & Dyson, A. (2016). Networked Social Enterprises: A New Model of Community Schooling for Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Facing Challenging Times. Education Sciences, 6(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6030020

Irrational Exuberance for Market-based Reform: How Federal Turnaround Policies Thwart Democratic Schooling

Trujillo, T., & Renée, M. (2015). Irrational Exuberance for Market-based Reform: How Federal Turnaround Policies Thwart Democratic Schooling. Teachers College Record, 117(6), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811511700602

Assessing the Impact of Partnership Recommendations on District Instructional Improvement Strategies

Henrick, E. C., Klafehn, A. B., & Cobb, P. (2018). Assessing the Impact of Partnership Recommendations on District Instructional Improvement Strategies. In P. Cobb, K. Jackson, E. Henrick, & T. M. Smith (Eds.), Systems for Instructional Improvement: Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office (pp. 209–220). Harvard Education Press.

Curriculum Coherence: An Examination of US Mathematics and Science Content Standards from an International Perspective

Schmidt, W. H., Wang, H. C., & McKnight, C. C. (2005). Curriculum Coherence: An Examination of US Mathematics and Science Content Standards from an International Perspective. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 37(5), 525–559. https://doi.org/10.1080/0022027042000294682

Bringing Values Back in: How Purposes Shape Practices in Coherent School Designs

Mehta, J., & Fine, S. (2015). Bringing Values Back in: How Purposes Shape Practices in Coherent School Designs. Journal of Educational Change, 16(4), 483–510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-015-9263-3

Bringing Effective Instructional Practice to Scale in American Schools: Lessons from the Long Beach Unified School District

Zavadsky, H. (2016). Bringing Effective Instructional Practice to Scale in American Schools: Lessons from the Long Beach Unified School District. Journal of Educational Change, 17(4), 505–527. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-016-9287-3

District Central Office Leadership as Teaching: How Central Office Administrators Support Principals’ Development as Instructional Leaders

Honig, M. I. (2012). District Central Office Leadership as Teaching: How Central Office Administrators Support Principals’ Development as Instructional Leaders. Educational Administration Quarterly, 48(4), 733–774. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X12443258

Investigating Relationships Between Understanding of Inquiry Mathematics, District Context, and School Context on Principal Instructional Leadership Aimed at Ambitious Instruction

Larbi-Cherif, A. M. (2017). Investigating Relationships Between Understanding of Inquiry Mathematics, District Context, and School Context on Principal Instructional Leadership Aimed at Ambitious Instruction [Ph.D., Vanderbilt University].

How Well Aligned Are Textbooks to the Common Core Standards in Mathematics?

Polikoff, M. S. (2015). How Well Aligned Are Textbooks to the Common Core Standards in Mathematics? American Educational Research Journal, 52(6), 1185–1211. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831215584435

How Well Aligned Are State Assessments of Student Achievement with State Content Standards?

Polikoff, M. S., Porter, A. C., & Smithson, J. (2011). How Well Aligned Are State Assessments of Student Achievement with State Content Standards? American Educational Research Journal, 48(4), 965–995. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831211410684

Measuring the Content of Instruction: Uses in Research and Practice

Porter, A. C. (2002). Measuring the Content of Instruction: Uses in Research and Practice. Educational Researcher, 31(7), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X031007003

Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity

Farrell, C. C., Coburn, C. E., & Chong, S. (2019). Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity. American Educational Research Journal, 56(3), 955–994. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218808219

The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning

Marsh, J. A., Kerr, K. A., Ikemoto, G. S., Darilek, H., Booth, M., Zimmer, R., & Barney, H. (2005). The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning. RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG361.html

Creating Shared Instructional Products: An Alternative Approach to Improving Teaching

Morris, A. K., & Hiebert, J. (2011). Creating Shared Instructional Products: An Alternative Approach to Improving Teaching. Educational Researcher, 40(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X10393501

Toward High-Performance Organizations A Strategic Role for Groupware

Achieving tomorrow's high-performance organizations will involve massive changes throughout their capability infrastructures. The complexity of implementing these changes will be daunting, and deserves a strategic approach. Groupware will support important, special new knowledge capabilities in these infrastructures, and also can play a key role in an evolutionary strategy.

Improving Our Ability to Improve: A Call for Investment in a New Future

In the past fifty years we have seen enormous growth in computing capability – computing is everywhere and has impacted nearly everything. In this talk, Dr. Douglas Engelbart, who pioneered much of what we now take for granted as interactive computing, examines the forces that have shaped this growth. He argues that our criteria for investment in innovation are, in fact, short-sighted and focused on the wrong things. He proposes, instead, investment in an improvement infrastructure that can result in sustained, radical innovation capable of changing computing and expanding the kinds of problems that we can address through computing. In this talk, Dr. Engelbart describes both the processes that we need to put in place and the capabilities that we must support in order to stimulate this higher rate of innovation. The talk closes with a call to action for this World Library Summit audience, since this is a group that has both a stake in innovation and the ability to shape its direction.

Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector

Goldsmith, Stephen, and William D. Eggers. Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.

From Networking to School Networks to “Networked Learning”: The Challenge for the Networked Learning Communities Programme

Hadfield, Mark. “From Networking to School Networks to ‘Networked Learning’: The Challenge for the Networked Learning Communities Programme.” In Network Learning For Educational Change, edited by Veugelers Wiel and O’Hair John Mary. Open University Press, 2005.

From Professional Learning Community to Networked Learning Community

Louise, Stoll, and Seashore Louis Karen, eds. “From Professional Learning Community to Networked Learning Community.” In Professional Learning Communities: Divergence, Depth And Dilemmas: Divergence, Depth and Dilemmas. Open University Press, 2007.

Learning Networks for Sustainable, Large-Scale Improvement

McCannon, C. J., & Perla, R. J. (2009). Learning Networks for Sustainable, Large-Scale Improvement. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 35(5), 286–291. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35041-2

Analyzing the Functional Dynamics of Technological Innovation Systems: A Scheme of Analysis

Bergek, A., Jacobsson, S., Carlsson, B., Lindmark, S., & Rickne, A. (2008). Analyzing the Functional Dynamics of Technological Innovation Systems: A Scheme of Analysis. Research Policy, 37(3), 407–429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2007.12.003

From Sectoral Systems of Innovation to Socio-Technical Systems: Insights About Dynamics and Change from Sociology and Institutional Theory

Geels, F. W. (2004). From Sectoral Systems of Innovation to Socio-Technical Systems: Insights About Dynamics and Change from Sociology and Institutional Theory. Research Policy, 33(6), 897–920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2004.01.015

Micro-Foundations of the Multi-Level Perspective on Socio-Technical Transitions: Developing a Multi-Dimensional Model of Agency Through Crossovers Between Social Constructivism, Evolutionary Economics and Neo-Institutional Theory

Geels, F. W. (2020). Micro-Foundations of the Multi-Level Perspective on Socio-Technical Transitions: Developing a Multi-Dimensional Model of Agency Through Crossovers Between Social Constructivism, Evolutionary Economics and Neo-Institutional Theory. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 152, 119894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119894

Leveraging Social Capital and School Improvement: The Case of a School Network and a Comprehensive Community Initiative in Chicago

Kahne, J., O’Brien, J., Brown, A., & Quinn, T. (2001). Leveraging Social Capital and School Improvement: The Case of a School Network and a Comprehensive Community Initiative in Chicago. Educational Administration Quarterly, 37(4), 429–461. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131610121969389

Reform through School Networks: A New Kind of Authority and Accountability

Smith, A. K., & Wohlstetter, P. (2001). Reform through School Networks: A New Kind of Authority and Accountability. Educational Policy, 15(4), 499–519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904801015004001

Improving Schools through Networks: A New Approach to Urban School Reform

Wohlstetter, P., Malloy, C. L., Chau, D., & Polhemus, J. L. (2003). Improving Schools through Networks: A New Approach to Urban School Reform. Educational Policy, 17(4), 399–430. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904803254961

Improvement, Trust, and the Healthcare Workforce

Berwick, D. M. (2003). Improvement, Trust, and the Healthcare Workforce. BMJ Quality & Safety, 12(suppl 1), i2–i6. https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.suppl_1.i2

Total Quality Management: Empirical, Conceptual, and Practical Issues

Hackman, J. R., & Wageman, R. (1995). Total Quality Management: Empirical, Conceptual, and Practical Issues. Administrative Science Quarterly, 40(2), 309–342. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393640

What Is a “Good” Social Network for Policy Implementation? The Flow of Know-How for Organizational Change

Frank, K. A., Penuel, W. R., & Krause, A. E. (2015). What Is a “Good” Social Network for Policy Implementation? The Flow of Know-How for Organizational Change. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 34(2), 378–402. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.21817

The State of Network Research in Public Administration

Kapucu, N., Hu, Q., & Khosa, S. (2017). The State of Network Research in Public Administration. Administration & Society, 49(8), 1087–1120. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399714555752

Core Concepts and Key Ideas for Understanding Public Sector Organizational Networks: Using Research to Inform Scholarship and Practice

Provan, K. G., & Lemaire, R. H. (2012). Core Concepts and Key Ideas for Understanding Public Sector Organizational Networks: Using Research to Inform Scholarship and Practice. Public Administration Review, 72(5), 638–648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2012.02595.x

A Preliminary Theory of Interorganizational Network Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Four Community Mental Health Systems

Provan, K. G., & Milward, H. B. (1995). A Preliminary Theory of Interorganizational Network Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Four Community Mental Health Systems. Administrative Science Quarterly, 40(1), 1–33. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393698

Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for Evaluating Public-Sector Organizational Networks

Provan, K. G., & Milward, H. B. (2001). Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for Evaluating Public-Sector Organizational Networks. Public Administration Review, 61(4), 414–423. https://doi.org/10.1111/0033-3352.00045

Networking Literature About Determinants of Network Effectiveness

Turrini, A., Cristofoli, D., Frosini, F., & Nasi, G. (2010). Networking Literature About Determinants of Network Effectiveness. Public Administration, 88(2), 528–550. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2009.01791.x

Promoting and Assessing Value Creation in Communities and Networks: A Conceptual Framework

Wenger, E., Trayner, B., & de Laat, M. (2011). Promoting and Assessing Value Creation in Communities and Networks: A Conceptual Framework (Rapport 18). Ruud de Moor Centrum.

Understanding the Similarities and Distinctions Between Improvement Science and Evaluation

Christie, C. A., Lemire, S., & Inkelas, M. (2017). Understanding the Similarities and Distinctions Between Improvement Science and Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation, 2017(153), 11–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.20237

Methods for Evaluation of Small Scale Quality Improvement Projects

Harvey, G., & Wensing, M. (2003). Methods for Evaluation of Small Scale Quality Improvement Projects. BMJ Quality & Safety, 12(3), 210–214. https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.3.210

Process Evaluation on Quality Improvement Interventions

Hulscher, M. E. J. L., Laurant, M. G. H., & Grol, R. P. T. M. (2003). Process Evaluation on Quality Improvement Interventions. BMJ Quality & Safety, 12(1), 40–46. https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.1.40

Evaluation of Quality Improvement Programmes

Øvretveit, J., & Gustafson, D. (2002). Evaluation of Quality Improvement Programmes. BMJ Quality & Safety, 11(3), 270–275. https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.11.3.270

Practical Recommendations for the Evaluation of Improvement Initiatives

Parry, G., Coly, A., Goldmann, D., Rowe, A. K., Chattu, V., Logiudice, D., Rabrenovic, M., & Nambiar, B. (2018). Practical Recommendations for the Evaluation of Improvement Initiatives. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30(suppl_1), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzy021

Centrality and Network Flow

Borgatti, S. P. (2005). Centrality and Network Flow. Social Networks, 27(1), 55–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2004.11.008

Models of Core/Periphery Structures

Borgatti, S. P., & Everett, M. G. (2000). Models of Core/Periphery Structures. Social Networks, 21(4), 375–395. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-8733(99)00019-2

Misalignment and Perverse Incentives: Examining the Politics of District Leaders as Brokers in the Use of Research Evidence

Daly, A. J., Finnigan, K. S., Jordan, S., Moolenaar, N. M., & Che, J. (2014). Misalignment and Perverse Incentives: Examining the Politics of District Leaders as Brokers in the Use of Research Evidence. Educational Policy, 28(2), 145–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904813513149

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