Full Description
In Subtle Webs, Jose Eos Trinidad reveals how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. He illustrates this by providing a behind-the-scenes look at how local organizations in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City have transformed data and worked with high schools to address the problem of students dropping out. The book argues that changes in a decentralized system happen less through top-down policy mandates or bottom-up social movements, and more through "outside-in" initiatives of networked organizations spread across various local systems. By detailing change across multiple levels and across multiple locations, Trinidad uncovers new ways to think about educational transformation, policy reform, and organizational change.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Dropouts, Data, and the Subtle Webs that Transform Them
Part I: Transforming Data and Dropping Out
Chapter 1: Preventing Dropouts: A View from Inside Schools
Chapter 2: Predicting Dropouts: A View from Outside Schools
Part II: Local Organizations and the Transformation of US Education
Chapter 3: How Technologies Shape Institutional Logics
Chapter 4: How Templates Structure Entrepreneurial Networks
Chapter 5: How Routines Change Organizational Resistance
Chapter 6: How Local Systems Have National Consequences
Conclusion: Theorizing Change from Outside In
Methodological Appendix: An Integrative Policy Analysis
Bibliography
Index
