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Integrating formal and informal subsystems: A case study of Promise City’s early care and education model

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https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.7776

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early care and education, parent involvement, collective impact, tripartite system

Abstract

This case study explores effective practices within a district’s early care and education model. Interviews were conducted with eight parents of high-performing students and seven district ECE partners from Promise City. The results of this case study lead to the development of a model that comprises best practices within the (a) informal ECE subsystem, (b) formal ECE subsystem, and (c) intersection of the informal and formal subsystems. The model incorporates the best practices identified by Ma et al’s. (2016) meta-analysis, as well as unique best practices found within Promise City. The findings highlight the importance of both informal and formal learning environments and actively working to bridge these environments.

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Author Biographies

Xingyuan Gao, East China Normal University

Dr. Xingyuan Gao is an assistant professor at East China Normal University. He earned his PhD in educational leadership from Western Michigan University. His areas of research include program evaluation, organizational theories, and data-informed decision making. He has published 22 journal articles and four book chapters and has presented several studies at national conferences in the K-12 educational leadership field.

Jianping Shen, Western Michigan University

Dr. Jianping Shen is the John E. Sandberg Professor of Education and the Gwen Frostic Endowed Chair at Western Michigan University. He earned a PhD in educational leadership from University of Washington. He teaches, among other courses, leadership theory, policy analysis, research methods, and dissertation seminar. His research interests include leadership theory, data-informed decision making, teacher retention and attrition, alternative certification, systemic change, and others, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Shen has directed or co-directed several large, externally funded projects.

Alton Leon Alford, Independent Consultant

Dr. Alton Leon Alford is an independent consultant who has extensive experience in program and project evaluation, management training, human resource development and organizational development. He was a non-profit program director for more than 10 years and clinical director with services in psychotherapy, marital therapy, family therapy, and substance abuse counseling for more than 10 years.

Megan Russell Johnson, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Dr. Megan Russell Johnson is the program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Johnson has a variety of experiences in the nonprofit and education sectors. She serves on the larger Michigan place-based team to develop programming priorities and to identify and nurture opportunities to affect positive change for children and families within the area. She holds a BA from Albion College, and a master’s in public administration from Western Michigan University. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Michigan’s School of Education.

Huilan Y. Krenn, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Dr. Huilan Y. Krenn is director of evaluation for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Krenn joined the foundation in August 2002 as an evaluation manager providing leadership and technical assistance to grantmaking efforts in the area of impact assessment and program evaluation. Prior to the foundation, Krenn was director of evaluation and research with a large child welfare agency, Starr Commonwealth, where she held the positions of director of research, assistant director of evaluation and research, research associate and program evaluator. She was also an adjunct faculty member at Western Michigan University 6 years.

 

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Published

2024-10-15

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Gao, X., Shen, J., Alford, A. L., Johnson, M. R., & Krenn, H. Y. (2024). Integrating formal and informal subsystems: A case study of Promise City’s early care and education model. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 32. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.32.7776

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Vol. 32 (2024)

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