Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide a forum within AERA for the involvement of individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching, or research when the existing divisional structure may not directly facilitate such activity. The Association provides SIGs program time at the Annual Meeting, publicity, scheduling, staff support, viability, and the prestige of AERA affiliation.
We are pleased to offer five webinars intended to familiarize you with the concept of a Networked Improvement Community, and each of the four important components and elements of a successful NIC. An introductory 30-minute webinar will feature one or two experts from out team providing key background information about the focal challenges of building a NIC. A facilitated discussion forum will continue for two weeks after the video is posted to this site. At the end of the two weeks, another live webinar with the same expert will be featured. This follow-up webinar will focus on the topics that have arisen through the online forum, as well as questions that are asked live during the webinar.
Bang, M., & Vossoughi, S. (2016). Participatory Design Research and Educational Justice: Studying Learning and Relations Within Social Change Making. Cognition and Instruction, 34(3), 173–193. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2016.1181879
Booker, A., & Goldman, S. (2016). Participatory Design Research as a Practice for Systemic Repair: Doing Hand-in-Hand Math Research with Families. Cognition and Instruction, 34(3), 222–235. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2016.1179535
Harding, S. (2004). A Socially Relevant Philosophy of Science? Resources from Standpoint Theory’s Controversiality. Hypatia, 19(1), 25–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2004.tb01267.x
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Greer, W., Clark-Louque, A., Balogun, A., & Clay, A. (2022). Race-Neutral Doesn’t Work: Black Males’ Achievement, Engagement, and School Climate Perceptions. Urban Education, 57(7), 1259–1287. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085918804015
Green, T. L., & Gooden, M. A. (2014). Transforming Out-of-School Challenges Into Opportunities: Community Schools Reform in the Urban Midwest. Urban Education, 49(8), 930–954. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085914557643
Green, T., Castro, A. J., Lowe, T., Sikes, C., Gururaj, S., & Mba, C. (2019). Reconsidering School Improvement Through the Community Equity Literacy Leadership Assessment (CELLA) for Principals. International Journal of Educational Management, 34(2), 417–431. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2018-0097
Green, T. L. (2017). Community-Based Equity Audits: A Practical Approach for Educational Leaders to Support Equitable Community-School Improvements. Educational Administration Quarterly, 53(1), 3–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X16672513
Gooden, M. A., & Dantley, M. (2012). Centering Race in a Framework for Leadership Preparation. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 7(2), 237–253. https://doi.org/10.1177/1942775112455266
Gomez, L. M., Russell, J. L., Bryk, A. S., LeMahieu, P. G., & Mejia, E. M. (2016). The Right Network for the Right Problem. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(3), 8–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721716677256
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Datnow, A. (2000). Power and Politics in the Adoption of School Reform Models. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 22(4), 357–374. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737022004357
Henig, J. R., Riehl, C. J., Houston, D. M., Rebell, M. A., & Wolff, J. R. (2016). Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education: A Nationwide Scan (pp. 1–46). Columbia University Teachers College. https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/collective-impact-and-the-new-generation-of-cross-sector-collaboration-for-education.aspx
Henig, J. R., Riehl, C. J., Houston, D. M., Rebell, M. A., & Wolff, J. R. (2015). Putting Collective Impact in Context: A Review of Literature on Local Cross-sector Collaboration to Improve Education (pp. 1–80). Columbia University Teachers College. https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/collective-impact-and-the-new-generation-of-cross-sector-collaboration-for-education.aspx
Higgins, M., Wallace, M. F. G., & Bazzul, J. (2018). Disrupting and Displacing Methodologies in STEM Education: From Engineering to Tinkering with Theory for Eco-Social Justice. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 18(3), 187–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42330-018-0020-5
Holme, J. J., & Finnigan, K. S. (2018). Striving in Common: A Regional Equity Framework for Urban Schools. Harvard Education Press. https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/striving-in-common#
Honig, M. I. (2009). What Works in Defining “What Works” in Educational Improvement: Lessons from Education Policy Implementation Research, Directions for Future Research. In Handbook of Education Policy Research (pp. 333–347). Routledge Handbooks Online. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203880968.ch27
Horsford, S. D., Scott, J. T., & Anderson, G. L. (2018). The Politics of Education Policy in an Era of Inequality: Possibilities for Democratic Schooling. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315680682
Huang, R., Fang, Y., & Chen, X. (2017). Chinese Lesson Study: A Deliberate Practice, a Research Methodology, and an Improvement Science. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 6(4), 270–282. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLLS-08-2017-0037
Irby, D. J., Meyers, C. V., & Salisbury, J. D. (2020). Improving Schools by Strategically Connecting Equity Leadership and Organizational Improvement Perspectives: Introduction to Special Issue. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 25(2), 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1080/10824669.2019.1704628
Johnson, J., & Howley, C. B. (2015). Contemporary Federal Education Policy and Rural Schools: A Critical Policy Analysis. Peabody Journal of Education, 90(2), 224–241. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2015.1022112
Johnson, O. (2010). Assessing Neighborhood Racial Segregation and Macroeconomic Effects in the Education of African Americans. Review of Educational Research, 80(4), 527–575. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654310377210
Kerr, K., & Dyson, A. (2016). Networked Social Enterprises: A New Model of Community Schooling for Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Facing Challenging Times. Education Sciences, 6(3), 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci6030020
Kohli, R. (2019). Lessons for Teacher Education: The Role of Critical Professional Development in Teacher of Color Retention. Journal of Teacher Education, 70(1), 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487118767645
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Madyun, N., Williams, S. M., McGee, E. O., & Milner, H. R. (2013). On the Importance of African-American Faculty in Higher Education: Implications and Recommendations. Educational Foundations, 27, 65–84.
Martin, W. G., & Gobstein, H. (2015). Generating a Networked Improvement Community to Improve Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation: Network Leadership, Organization, and Operation. Journal of Teacher Education, 66(5), 482–493. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487115602312
Meyers, C. V., & Smylie, M. A. (2017). Five Myths of School Turnaround Policy and Practice. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 16(3), 502–523. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2016.1270333
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Milner, H. R. (2017). Opening Commentary: The Permanence of Racism, Critical Race Theory, and Expanding Analytic Sites. Peabody Journal of Education, 92(3), 294–301. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2017.1324656
Milner, H., & Williams, S. (2008). Analyzing Education Policy and Reform with Attention to Race and Socio-Economic Status. Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, 14(2). 33-50.
Mitchell, B. (2020). Student-Led Improvement Science Projects: A Praxiographic, Actor-Network Theory Study. Studies in Continuing Education, 42(1), 133–146. https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037X.2019.1577234
Murphy, J. (2020). The Five Essential Reasons for the Failure of School Reforms. Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 8(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.4236/jhrss.2020.81001
Penuel, W. R. (2020). Promoting Equitable and Just Learning Across Settings: Organizational Forms for Educational Change. In Handbook of the Cultural Foundations of Learning. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203774977-24
Penuel, W. R., & O’Connor, K. (2018). From Designing to Organizing New Social Futures: Multiliteracies Pedagogies for Today. Theory Into Practice, 57(1), 64–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2017.1411715
Philip, T. M., & Gupta, A. (2020). Emerging Perspectives on the Co-Construction of Power and Learning in the Learning Sciences, Mathematics Education, and Science Education. Review of Research in Education, 44(1), 195–217. https://doi.org/10.3102/0091732X20903309
Proger, A., Bhatt, M., Cirks, V., & Gurke, D. (2017). Establishing and Sustaining Networked Improvement Communities: Lessons From Michigan and Minnesota (REL 2017-264; What’s Happening). Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/Products/Publication/3853
Rohanna, K. (2017). Breaking the “Adopt, Attack, Abandon” Cycle: A Case for Improvement Science in K–12 Education. New Directions for Evaluation, 2017(153), 65–77. https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.20233
Sablan, J. R. (2019). Can You Really Measure That? Combining Critical Race Theory and Quantitative Methods. American Educational Research Journal, 56(1), 178–203. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218798325
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Scaccia, J. P., Chávez, N. R., Hatchett, L., Byrd, K., Blanton, S., Alia, K., Brennan, L. J., Howard, P., Lewis, N., & Stout, S. (2017). Community Health Improvement and the Community Psychology Competencies. Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, 8(1). https://www.gjcpp.org/en/article.php?issue=25&article=159
