Stakeholders' Perceptions of Community Engagement in a System-Wide Educational Change Effort: Implications for Building Partnerships.

摘要: Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Community Engagement in a System-Wide Educational Change Effort: Implications for Building Partnerships by Lindsay K. Nickels This qualitative study should provide insight into stakeholders’ perceptions system-wide educational partnership focused on change effort to increase student achievement school system located large, metropolitan city the southeastern United States. The importance partnering assure that all children are succeeding has never been more important local communities and our nation. Not only definitions partnerships expanding, but so parameters, players, structures. As improvement initiatives put effect local, state, national governments, schools across country realizing need action. Some many successful systems nation have implemented than parent involvement; they created collaborative school-community partnership. Through investigation surveys interviews administered stakeholders existence 2 years, this case was designed identify similarities differences regarding their respective roles partnership, improving outcomes, desired future state particular Findings from confirm there both stakeholders' about most aspects In addition, study's participants changed over years its challenges facing education. Finally, barriers were identified. Differences vision, mission,