PARTNERSHIPS FOR LEARNING: USING AN INNOVATION CONFIGURATION MAP TO GUIDE SCHOOL, DISTRICT, AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS

There is a pressing need for effective partnerships between government, business, communities, schools, universities, and other stakeholders in education. This need is magnified by the current involvement of foundations, business, and government in educational endeavors such as the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and research grants funded through the National Science Foundation. These endeavors often require focused collaborative interactions between all stakeholders that ultimately support a learning system and students’ achievement. The purpose of this article is twofold: (a) to report key findings that emerged from our research partnerships, and (b) to offer an instrument that assesses the readiness and measures the effectiveness of educational research partnerships between schools and universities.