The Challenges of Building Local Collaboratives for Sustaining Educational Improvement
Abstract
In attempting to create an educational system that promotes and ensures high standards for all students, policymakers have reached for both old and new policy levers (such as standards, incentives, and choice options) to create and sustain organizational improvement. One newer lever is the creation of community-based collaborations to sustain education reforms across the chaotic conditions often associated with switches in district superintendents. A RAND Corporation study reported in Challenges and Potential of a Collaborative Approach to Education Reform looks at one such attempt and draws out lessons that can benefit further efforts to use collaboration as a tool for improving a community's schools.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA427781