Leveraging Multistakeholder Partnerships in K-12 Educational Transformation

Edited by:
Karen L. Sanzo, Old Dominion University
Kate Wolfe Maxlow, Hampton City Schools

A volume in the series: Transforming Education Systems. Editor(s): Karen L. Sanzo, Old Dominion University. Kate Wolfe Maxlow, Hampton City Schools .

Call For Chapter Proposals

Districts frequently experience complex challenges that affect their ability to serve their students effectively. Past research studies exploring solutions to these challenges involving collaboration and partnership generally focus on the relationship between the district and one other party. Gray and Purdy (2020) emphasize the importance of multistakeholder partnerships to help address complex problems of practice. This edited volume in the Transforming Education Systems (SEL) will feature research studies examining how districts have leveraged multistakeholder partnerships to support district-level and school-level transformation.

The editors invite proposals involving research around how multistakeholder partnerships have contributed to successful transformation of schools, districts, and educational programming. We welcome research drawing on diverse methodologies, and we hope to bring together a variety of studies on multistakeholder educational partnerships. Studies involving universities, local government partners, and regional business and industry partners are particularly welcome. We are also interested in research that examines partnership strengths and challenges, how these partnerships promote innovation, and the ways these partnerships accelerate educational transformation. Conceptual proposals that put forward theoretical frameworks to analyze partnerships are also welcome.

CHAPTER PROPOSALS:
Chapter proposals should be one page at maximum and are due by April 1, 2024. Please cite at least five sources and include a reference page. The proposal cover page must contain the author’s complete contact information. Please list all authors’ contact information for multiple-authored proposals and indicate the corresponding author. Decisions will be made and communicated by April 15, 2024, and a Manual for Authors will be provided to accepted corresponding authors.

At all stages, manuscripts must conform to the 7th edition of the APA manual. Following the submission of full chapter drafts on September 1, 2024, a blind review process among the corresponding authors and external reviewers will be conducted, and feedback will be communicated by November 15, 2024. Additional review processes will take place as needed.

Full chapters will range from 6,000 to 8,000 words in Times New Roman 12 point font, double-spaced text, including title, abstract, manuscript, and references. Submit to the book editors as a Microsoft Word email attachment by September 1, 2024. Graphics and images may be included. See Author Guidelines.

PROJECTED DEADLINES:
• Chapter Proposals Due: April 1, 2024
• Notification of Invitation to Contribute Chapter: April 15, 2024
• Submission of Draft Chapters for Blind Peer Review: September 1, 2024
• Return of Blind Peer-Reviewed Chapters to Authors: October 15, 2024
• Submission of Revised Chapters: November 15, 2024
• Submission of Final Chapters to IAP: January 15, 2025
• Anticipated Publication in Spring 2025

Send all inquiries to Karen L. Sanzo at: ksanzo@odu.edu