University of Rochester

Kara Finnigan

Awarded Grants

Grant

Diffusing Research Evidence in Educational Systems

How can school districts leverage social networks among administrators and teachers to improve their use of research evidence?
Kara Finnigan
University Of Rochester
2018 – 2020
$339,982
Grant

Principal Transitions: A Longitudinal, Multilevel Social Network Analysis

What happens to a school when a principal leaves?
Katherine Klein
University Of Pennsylvania
2011 – 2014
$24,990
Grant

Understanding Social Network Structure in Schools Under Corrective Action: A Longitudinal Comparative Analysis of Research Definition Use and Diffusion in Urban Districts

How do district and school staff acquire, interpret, and use research evidence to reform schools designated as in need of “corrective action” by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)?
Alan Daly
University Of California At San Diego
2009 – 2014
$902,162

Articles & More

Publication

Research Use as Learning: The Case of Fundamental Change in School District Central Offices

Districts nationwide have launched efforts to fundamentally change their central offices to support improved teaching and learning for all students and are turning to research for help. The research provides ...
Kara Finnigan
,
Nitya Venkateswaran
,
and Patricia McNeil
Research Use as Learning: The Case of Fundamental Change in School District Central Offices
Blog Post

Using Research Evidence in Education: From the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill

Through No Child Left Behind to the onset of the Common Core State Standards and other federal initiatives such as Investing in Innovation (i3), we are experiencing an increased push toward the use of evidence in decision-making that affects our ...
Kara Finnigan
 and Alan Daly
Using Research Evidence in Education: From the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill
Blog Post

Systemwide Reform in Districts Under Pressure: The Role of Social Networks in Defining, Acquiring, and Diffusing Research Evidence

Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the way in which low‐performing schools and their district define, acquire, use, and diffuse research‐based evidence. Design/methodology/...
Kara Finnigan
,
Alan Daly
,
and Jing Che
Systemwide Reform in Districts Under Pressure: The Role of Social Networks in Defining, Acquiring, and Diffusing Research Evidence

Kara Finnigan is a PI on 1 grant to University of Rochester, a co-PI on 1 grant to University of Pennsylvania, and a co-PI on 1 grant to University of California, San Diego and is an author on 1 publication.

Bio
Kara S. Finnigan is Associate Professor at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester.

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