Looking Beyond School Walls: An Environmental Scan of Minneapolis Public Schools, 2004-2008

Autor/inn/en	Alexander, Nicola A.; Choi, Wonseok
Titel	Looking Beyond School Walls: An Environmental Scan of Minneapolis Public Schools, 2004-2008
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 23 (2015) 1, (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068 2341
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; Urban Schools; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Budgets; Funding Formulas; Community Needs; Economic Factors; Economic Impact; Political Influences; Child Development; School Statistics; Information Sources; Guidelines; Statistical Data; Data Analysis; Strategic Planning; Educational Trends; Change Strategies; Educational Finance; Demography; Outcomes of Education; Case Studies; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; City Government; Private Sector; Nonprofit Organizations; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Finanzhaushalt; Funding; Finanzierung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ökonomische Determinanten; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Kindesentwicklung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Richtlinien; Auswertung; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Bildungsentwicklung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsfonds; Demografie; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Privater Sektor; Nonprofit-Organisation
Abstract	We provide an expanded environmental scan to assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) faced by education communities. Grounded in the literature, we identified 48 indicators and grouped them into 6 broad categories: (1) budget levels, (2) funding patterns, (3) community needs, (4) external economic conditions, (5) political culture, and (6) children outcomes. We then created sub-categories for each of these six groupings based on whether the data came from school reports, non-school, governmental data, or not-for-profit entities. From these data, we developed a template with strategic guidelines for education leaders in varying environmental contexts. The discussion integrates school finance, fiscal condition analysis, leadership and organizational research to develop a framework that is then applied to the Minneapolis Public Schools for school years 2004 through 2008. The retrospective examination supports the utility of the strategic guidelines offered in the framework. Education leaders found a mixed educational climate in Minneapolis Public Schools for the years examined. There was cause for concern in the declining revenues for children services by other governmental agencies and increasing numbers of schools not making annual yearly progress. However, there were also opportunities apparent in the number of schools that offered International Baccalaureate and other rigorous programs and the support of schools as indicated by passage of local referenda. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01