Networks in New York City: Implementing the Common Core

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Networks in New York City: Implementing the Common Core

Abstract/Description

The purpose of this paper is to report findings from an exploratory study of the early implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards in New York City by a sample of charter management organizations (CMOs) and Children First Networks (CFNs). Using the existing literature on policy implementation?specifically the concepts of boundary spanners and mutual adaptation?this research investigated the role of networks as they facilitated the implementation of the new standards. We conducted in-depth interviews with leaders in both types of networks. The interviews focused on the strategies used to implement the Common Core and the challenges faced in the process. Our findings included evidence of varying capacity among CFNs and CMOs. More decentralized networks expressed greater difficulties with the transition, and the existence of a distinct network-level department with exclusively instructional responsibilities facilitated the adoption of the standards.

Author/creator

Wohlstetter, Priscilla

Houston, David M.

Buck, Brandon

Date

2015

In publication

Educational Policy

Volume

29

Issue

1

Pages

85-110

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

0895-9048

DOI

10.1177/0895904814556753

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)

Citation

Wohlstetter, P., Houston, D. M., & Buck, B. (2015). Networks in New York City: Implementing the Common Core. Educational Policy, 29(1), 85–110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904814556753

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