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Editors’ note
A significant feature of the changing landscape of educational reform in
the UK and beyond is the increasing emphasis on collaboration and
networking. This shift challenges the dominance of the standards agenda
and the competitive ethic that has defined educational policy since the
1980s. Networking between schools is increasingly recognised as a key
driver of school improvement in so far as it encourages professional
collaboration, innovation, the spread of good practice, and the
strengthening of mutual accountability and transparency across groups
of schools and ‘communities’ of practitioners.
To help us understand the nature of this shift and what it means for
the future of educational reform, we asked leading thinkers on both sides
of the Atlantic to give us their perspective. In chapter 5 distinguished US
academics Ann Lieberman and Diane Wood provide some important
insights into networks and teacher learning gleaned from the National
Writing Project. Demos Associate and leading UK education thinker
David Hargreaves then responds to their essay and offers some broader
reflections on disciplined innovation within educational networks in
chapter 6.
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