Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity

Caitlin C. Farrell, Cynthia E. Coburn, Seenae Chong · 2018 · American Educational Research Journal

Summary. Two departments in an urban school district worked with the same external partner on improvement efforts, but only one successfully integrated the partner's ideas into policies and routines. The difference stemmed from organizational conditions that foster absorptive capacity—the ability to recognize, assimilate, and apply external knowledge—and the quality of interactions between departments and their partners.

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Farrell, C. C., Coburn, C. E., & Chong, S.. (2018). Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity. American Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218808219

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DOI: 10.3102/0002831218808219
Countries: United States
Regions: North America
Categories: education, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28