Organizing a Network for Collective Action
Editors’ Note: In this third post in our series on networked improvement community (NIC) initiation, we spotlight issues related to leadership, organization, … Read more
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Building and Supporting Improvers
In this second blog post in our series on networked improvement community (NIC) initiation, we focus on how NICs can … Read more
How to Launch a Productive Network
The networked improvement community (NIC) concept has captured the attention of a diverse range of stakeholders looking for new ways to address … Read more
A Lesson in System-Wide Change
The State University of New York (SUNY) consists of 64 campuses with 465,000 students across the system. While it outperforms … Read more
Why a NIC?
August 18, 2015 | By Paul LeMahieu Humans have been organizing themselves into collectives for social, political, and commercial enterprise … Read more
It’s Complex
August 4, 2015 | By Louis Gomez Thanks to the world of social media, “it’s complicated” has become a phrase … Read more
Improvement Discipline in Practice
July 21, 2015 | By Alicia Grunow If you asked around, the vast majority of educators would tell you that … Read more
Learning from Healthcare’s Use of Improvement Science
Don Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), gave an inspiring keynote at the Carnegie Foundation’s second annual Summit … Read more
Revisiting the Purposes of Practical Measurement for Improvement: Learning from the BTEN Measurement System
“The failure of educational systems to integrate research evidence productively into practice impedes progress towards making schools and colleges more effective ….” … Read more
What We Need in Education is More Integrity (and Less Fidelity) of Implementation
October 11, 2011 | By Paul LeMahieu For many years, educational researchers have worked with program designers and implementers in … Read more
