A Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach to Improving District Attendance Policy

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Title: A Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach to Improving District Attendance Policy
Abstract/Description: Collaborative problem-solving research approaches have the potential to support improvement in educational policy and practice beyond instruction, by facilitating the development of a shared understanding of complex problems and creating social structures where district, community, and research partners can work together to solve them. This study investigates how findings from a developmental evaluation of a district attendance initiative were incorporated into the initiation process of a networked improvement community to create a shared narrative about how members conceptualized the problem of absenteeism and how they should adapt their levers to better align to that problem. The developmental learning process created an infrastructure within which district leaders and community partners could develop a partnership culture that facilitated change in policy. This study suggests the need to revisit the assumptions that have driven non-instructional improvement efforts and highlights the potential of collaborative problem-solving to strengthen the implementation of district reforms.
Author/creator: Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell; Edwards, Erica B.; Claiborne, Joi; Singer, Jeremy; French, Kate Rollert
Date: 2022
In publication: Educational Policy
Volume: 36
Issue: 6
Pages: 1464-1506
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Empirical
Language: en
Open access/full-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 0895-9048
DOI: 10.1177/0895904820974402
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)
Citation: Lenhoff, S. W., Edwards, E. B., Claiborne, J., Singer, J., & French, K. R. (2022). A Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach to Improving District Attendance Policy. Educational Policy, 36(6), 1464–1506. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904820974402

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