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This is the second post in a series designed to explore and bring to life the framework for initiating networked improvement communities (NICs). It offers an example of how one network organized to build the expertise and capacity of network leaders and members to learn through disciplined inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building and Supporting Improvers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 21, 2016 | By Jennifer Russell, Maggie Hannan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this second blog post in our series on networked improvement community (NIC) initiation, we focus on how NICs can build educators\u2019 capacity to use improvement science to learn from practice. We spotlight one of the five essential domains in our framework for the initiation of a viable NIC: learning and using improvement research methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improvement science offers methods to guide disciplined inquiries that generate knowledge\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0Read the full post\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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