Investigating How Individual School Internal Social Networks Contribute to the Communication of Systemic Initiatives in a Large Urban School District

• In Event: From Theory to Practice: Research Conducted by School District Administrators and Its Use to Educate Diverse Democracies in a Public School System Community

Abstract

This study examined, through the use of Social Network Analysis, how the communication networks and key actors in four elementary schools in the District disseminated information about the Common Core State Standards to better understand the communication pathways and information flows within schools.

Author

• Melissa Kochanowski, Prince George's County Public Schools