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ERIC Number: EJ1213946
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-May
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
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Them That's Got? How School Partnerships Can Perpetuate Inequalities
Bridwell-Mitchell, Ebony N.
Phi Delta Kappan, v100 n8 p32-36 May 2019
Education policy makers often encourage public schools to form partnerships with community organizations, businesses, and higher education institutions. In theory, such partnerships can help struggling schools gain resources that they are unable to acquire through local, state, and federal funding mechanisms. However, as Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell explains, the schools with the greatest need are not the most likely ones to form partnerships. The likelihood of forming partnerships tends to be linked not with the intensity of a school's needs but, rather, with the strength of the school's existing social network -- which tends to favor schools that already have more advantages. Schools have greater success forming partnerships if they already have established partnerships, if they have close connections to potential partners, if there's limited competition for partners, and if they are part of a dense network where it is easy to find connections to potential partners.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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