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Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier

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Title
Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier
Alternate name
Chapter 8
Abstract/Description
As education systems throughout the world confront increasingly lofty demands for rigor and equity, there is a growing need to investigate the ways in which practice-based knowledge—whether derived from professional expertise, the classroom, school and system-level data, and/or external research—is generated, shared, and used by teachers and school leaders across diverse contexts. More simply, we need to better understand how and why educational outcomes vary for different groups of children and for different types of schools, and to find ways to reduce this variation through disciplined learning and the systematic application of practical knowledge. This chapter seeks to advance that agenda by focusing on what we refer to as “middle-tier” organizations (MTOs), such as district central offices, local authorities, charter management organizations (CMOs), and other school support organizations that play a crucial role in large-scale school improvement efforts.
[Quoted from p. 165]
Author/creator
Glazer, Joshua L.
Greany, Toby
Duff, Megan
Berry, William
Date
2022
In publication
The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education
Editor
Peurach, Donald J.
Russell, Jennifer Lin
Cohen-Vogel, Lora
Penuel, William R.
Pages
165-188
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Synthesis/Overview
IRE Approach/Concept
Charter Management Organization (CMO)
Middle-Tier Organization (MTO)
Network-Based Improvement
Research Practice Partnership (RPP)
Organizational Learning
Organizational Theory
Knowledge Brokerage
Multi-Academy Trust (MAT)
Infrastructure
Sensemaking/Interpretation
Policy
Featured case/project
Innovation Zone (IZone)
Regional Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), England
Upward Affinity Organization
Primary national context
England
United States
Language
en-us
Open access/full-text available
en No
ISBN
978-1-5381-5234-8
URL
Publication Webpage
Is part of
Section II: Contexts of Improvement Research in Education [Foundational Handbook]
Citation
Glazer, J. L., Greany, T., Duff, M., & Berry, W. (2022). Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier. In D. J. Peurach, J. L. Russell, L. Cohen-Vogel, & W. R. Penuel (Eds.), The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538152348/The-Foundational-Handbook-on-Improvement-Research-in-Education
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The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education

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