Who you know : unlocking innovations that expand students’ networks

Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations That Expand Students’ Networks......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 9
Introduction......Page 15
Why Are We Ignoring Students' Networks?......Page 17
The Potential to Disrupt Opportunity Gaps......Page 19
Innovating toward Relationships......Page 22
The Purpose of This Book......Page 25
Meritocracy's Mythical Origins......Page 31
Opportunity by the Numbers: A Tale of Two Childhoods......Page 32
Relationship Gaps: Hidden Disparity......Page 34
How Schools Can Address Relationship Gaps......Page 40
A Glimpse at the Consequences of Relationship Gaps......Page 41
Investing in Students' Social Capital......Page 44
Notes......Page 45
Cosmic Coincidences......Page 49
Valuing Relationships......Page 51
Strong Ties Make Us Stronger......Page 52
The Surprising Strength of Weak Ties......Page 53
The Spectrum of Our Connections......Page 54
Homophily's Stronghold on Networks......Page 56
Institutional Designs Can Make-or Break-Our Networks......Page 57
Integrating Social Capital into the Architecture of School......Page 59
Why Schools' Modular Architecture Costs Students......Page 61
Notes......Page 64
Love Leads the Way......Page 67
Transcending Challenges with Care......Page 68
City Connects: Constructing an Individualized Network of Care......Page 69
Relationships at the Core......Page 73
Covering the Costs of Care......Page 74
Integrating Forward to Address Opportunity Gaps......Page 76
Tools Expanding Access to Opportunity......Page 77
Notes......Page 78
Reaching beyond Your Inherited Network......Page 83
Networks as a Gateway to Opportunity......Page 84
Is Technology Disrupting Our Social Networks?......Page 85
New Technologies Disrupting the Limits of Inherited Networks......Page 88
On-Demand Advice: Multiplying Access to Relatable Guidance......Page 89
More Supports: Increasing Academic Help and Spurring Motivation......Page 91
Charting a Disruptive Path Forward......Page 93
Improving Quality, Monitoring Safety......Page 95
Diversifying on the Basis of Similarity......Page 96
Designing Tools with Homophily in Mind......Page 98
A New Design for Schools......Page 100
Notes......Page 101
``How Do I Slot In?´´......Page 103
The Current Architecture Closing Off School......Page 104
Innovations Reshaping School Architecture......Page 105
Transitioning away from Batch-Processing Students......Page 106
Going Online to Get Offline......Page 108
Awarding Credit for Real-World Experiences......Page 110
Opening Up to Out-of-School Learning......Page 111
Can Innovations in Learning and Connecting Work Together?......Page 112
Strengthening Teacher-Student Ties......Page 113
Other Ties in Students' Lives......Page 114
The Next Phase of Schools: Walled Gardens for Learning and Connecting......Page 115
Tools to Curate Walled Gardens......Page 117
Building a Networking and Opportunity Hub......Page 121
Notes......Page 122
``Boom, Boom, Boom!´´......Page 125
Getting at the Job to Be Done......Page 126
A Milkshake Is More Than a Milkshake......Page 128
Mentors' Various Jobs to Be Done......Page 130
Jobs Transcend Demographic Categories......Page 132
``Unbundling´´ across Jobs......Page 133
What Are Students Hiring For?......Page 136
Why Teachers Hire Schools and Tools......Page 139
Defining the Metrics of Success......Page 141
Notes......Page 143
Pulling Back the Curtain on Network Gaps......Page 147
The Power of Transparency to Drive Change......Page 148
Taking Stock: Relationships as Outcomes......Page 149
Relationships Can Keep on Giving......Page 150
Preparing for the Unknown......Page 151
How Schools Can Measure Webs of Relationships over Time......Page 152
Measurement Approaches for System Leaders and Policymakers......Page 155
Enabling Conditions-Policies That Will Open Up Schools and Ensure Safety......Page 157
Extended Learning Opportunities......Page 158
Competency-Based Learning Policies......Page 159
Privacy and Infrastructure Policies to Secure Students' Networks......Page 161
A Relationship-Rich Future......Page 163
Notes......Page 164
Zuckerberg Goes Analog......Page 167
Schools' Role in a Networked Future......Page 169
Shifting Social Capital to Match Our Needs......Page 170
Notes......Page 172
About the Authors......Page 175
Acknowledgments......Page 177
Index......Page 181
End User License Agreement......Page 195