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Beyond The School Walls: Collective Impact In Micropolitan School-Community Partnerships, Sarah Zuckerman
Beyond The School Walls: Collective Impact In Micropolitan School-Community Partnerships, Sarah Zuckerman
Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications
Research suggests that the time students spend outside of school, as well as the communities in which they spend it, impact educational outcomes. Inequitable educational outcomes are the result of complex, interdependent problems in the public and private sector, suggesting the need for approaches that bring together schools with other organizations to address problems in the ecological and developmental systems of family, school, out-of-school programs, and communities. Collective impact has gained prominence as a strategy for such cross-sector partnerships. This qualitative study uses a comparative approach to extend knowledge of collective impact into rural and micropolitan communities using civic capacity …
The Role Of Rural School Leaders In A School-Community Partnership, Sarah J. Zuckerman
The Role Of Rural School Leaders In A School-Community Partnership, Sarah J. Zuckerman
Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications
Rural schools play central roles in their communities, and rural education scholars advocate for rural school-community partnerships to support school and community renewal. Across the United States, including in rural areas, formal models for school-community partnerships have been scaled up. The literature on rural principals highlights their roles in developing school-community partnerships, yet questions remain as to how school leaders engage in such partnerships. Using boundary-spanning leadership as a theoretical lens, this descriptive study examines the role of district and school leaders in a regional school-community partnership, including as founding members, champions of collaboration, cheerleaders for the partnership, and amplifiers …
Mobilization And Adaptation Of A Rural Cradle-To-Career Network, Sarah J. Zuckerman
Mobilization And Adaptation Of A Rural Cradle-To-Career Network, Sarah J. Zuckerman
Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications
This case study explored the development of a rural cradle-to-career network with a dual focus on the initial mobilization of network members and subsequent adaptations made to maintain mobilization, while meeting local needs. Data sources included interviews with network members, observations of meetings, and documentary evidence. Network-based social capital facilitated mobilization. Where networks were absent and where distrust and different values were evident, mobilization faltered. Three network adaptations were discovered: Special rural community organizing strategies, district-level action planning, and a theory of action focused on out-of-school factors. All three were attributable to the composition of mobilized stakeholders and this network’s …