Save a sinking ship: district-led school network governance to transform turnaround schools in Shanghai, China
Journal of Professional Capital and Community
ISSN: 2056-9548
Article publication date: 1 November 2023
Issue publication date: 2 January 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This paper explores a district government's role in using school networks to transform turnaround schools in rural Shanghai, China.
Design/methodology/approach
Qualitative case studies were conducted.
Findings
Findings showed that the C District government varied its power in initiating school networks; collaborative networks were developed but addressed local problems in a limited manner and collaborative networks had difficulties innovating to solve novel problems.
Originality/value
This article presents an “external-internal context” framework for understanding local government's role in school networks and turnaround school transformation in China.
Keywords
Citation
Ye, W. (2024), "Save a sinking ship: district-led school network governance to transform turnaround schools in Shanghai, China", Journal of Professional Capital and Community, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-06-2023-0042
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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