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Managing For Change: Achieving Systemic Reform Through The Effective Implementation Of Networks For School Improvement, Ayeola Kinlaw, Meghan Snyder, Elizabeth Chu, Matty Lau, Shurin (Susan) Lee, Pavithra Nagarajan Nov 2020

Managing For Change: Achieving Systemic Reform Through The Effective Implementation Of Networks For School Improvement, Ayeola Kinlaw, Meghan Snyder, Elizabeth Chu, Matty Lau, Shurin (Susan) Lee, Pavithra Nagarajan

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In August 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (“the foundation”) launched its Networks for School Improvement (NSIs) initiative. To further its own continuous learning as well as the learning of its grantees and the educational field, the foundation engaged the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) to conduct a formative evaluation of the NSIs initiative during its first two years. The research questions that guided this study were:

  1. How are network hubs implementing the Network for School Improvement (NSI) strategy?
  2. What are the characteristics of effective networks and network hubs?

To answer these questions, CPRL used a qualitative …