What is it about?
The 20-year partnership between Boston University and the school district of Chelsea, Massachusetts, came to an official end in June 2008. Although the partnership is by many measures successful, the continued success of the district will depend on how well Boston University is able to share with stakeholders management techniques and the intellectual capital that the university helped to accumulate and produce.
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Why is it important?
This article discusses how the partnership provided for Chelsea’s future by working with stakeholders to promote student achievement and to capitalize on a network of private and nonprofit institutions to improve the school system.
Perspectives
Angelo Paletta is Professor of Management Control Systems at Alma Mater Studiorum, Univer- sity of Bologna, deputy rector position, responsible for the Finance and Social Responsibility Reporting of the University of Bologna. He was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Vatican Catholic Education Congregation. His main research interests include: educational management and leadership; public governance and accountability; crisis management and reorganization.
angelo paletta
Universita degli Studi di Bologna
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This page is a summary of: Networking for the Turnaround of a School District: The Boston University--Chelsea Partnership, Education and Urban Society, December 2008, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0013124508329794.
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