Public School District Characteristics and the Formation of Longitudinal Interdistrict Collaboration Networks

IF 2.4 2区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Victor G. Hugg, Michael D. Siciliano, A. Daly
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Purpose: School leaders rely on a number of collaborative policy tools to address fiscal and governance issues. While prior research has examined the dynamics and implications of research-practice and public-private partnerships, this study addresses a third form of collaboration: interdistrict cooperative agreements. Method: We develop a unique data set to study the formation of interdistrict agreements formed among 333 public school districts in the state of Iowa from 2008 through 2017. Aimed at reducing costs and improving student outcomes, these agreements collectively reflect an intergovernmental network that develops through predominantly bilateral agreements. We examine the factors and mechanisms that can facilitate and hinder interdistrict collaboration through a stochastic actor-oriented model for analyzing panels of network observations. Findings: We find both transitivity and popularity to be positively associated with the inclination to form cooperative relationships. Further, school districts are more likely to collaborate with districts that have a: (1) greater number of enrolled students; (2) smaller percentage of students that receive free or reduced-price lunch; (3) higher student-to-teacher ratio; and (4) lower average teacher salary. Propinquity and homophily effects are present as well: between any two given school districts, the likelihood of collaboration improves as geographical distance and the absolute difference in district-level measures decreases. Implications: Understanding the antecedents of education network formation enables examinations of how network characteristics can reduce the cost of providing education or improve student outcomes.
公立学区特征与纵向跨学区协作网络的形成
目的:学校领导依靠一系列合作政策工具来解决财政和治理问题。虽然先前的研究考察了研究实践和公私伙伴关系的动态和影响,但本研究涉及第三种合作形式:严格的合作协议。方法:我们开发了一个独特的数据集,研究从2008年到2017年,爱荷华州333个公立学区之间形成的跨学区协议的形成情况。这些协议旨在降低成本和改善学生成绩,共同反映了一个主要通过双边协议发展起来的政府间网络。我们通过一个面向随机参与者的模型来分析网络观测面板,研究了可能促进和阻碍严格合作的因素和机制。研究结果:我们发现传递性和流行性都与形成合作关系的倾向呈正相关。此外,学区更有可能与以下地区合作:(1)注册学生人数更多;(2) 获得免费或降价午餐的学生比例较小;(3) 师生比例较高;(4)教师平均工资较低。邻近性和同质性效应也存在:在任何两个给定的学区之间,合作的可能性都会随着地理距离的减小而提高,而学区水平测量的绝对差异也会减小。含义:了解教育网络形成的前因,可以检验网络特征如何降低教育成本或提高学生成绩。
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Educational Administration Quarterly
Educational Administration Quarterly EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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6.90
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3.00%
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9
期刊介绍: Educational Administration Quarterly presents prominent empirical and conceptual articles focused on timely and critical leadership and policy issues of educational organizations. As an editorial team, we embrace traditional and emergent research paradigms, methods, and issues. We particularly promote the publication of rigorous and relevant scholarly work that enhances linkages among and utility for educational policy, practice, and research arenas.
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