Subtle Webs

Jose Eos Trinidad is Assistant Professor of Education Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a sociologist studying organizations outside schools and schools as organizations.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Dropouts, Data, and the Subtle Webs that Transform ThemPart I: Transforming Data and Dropping OutChapter 1: Preventing Dropouts: A View from Inside SchoolsChapter 2: Predicting Dropouts: A View from Outside SchoolsPart II: Local Organizations and the Transformation of US EducationChapter 3: How Technologies Shape Institutional Logics Chapter 4: How Templates Structure Entrepreneurial Networks Chapter 5: How Routines Change Organizational ResistanceChapter 6: How Local Systems Have National ConsequencesConclusion: Theorizing Change from Outside InMethodological Appendix: An Integrative Policy AnalysisBibliographyIndex

“Trinidad has written a lively and engaging account of how dropout prediction systems have been driven by both external factors like school improvement organizations and internal factors like shared understandings of the problem of dropping out. The result is a deeply researched and convincing analysis of this important topic.” —Heather Haveman, author of The Power of Organizations