Metro High School: An emerging STEM Community, Volume I: Study Findings

Metro High School - An Emerging STEM School Community Study (ESSC) focuses on the Metro High School community and network in Columbus, Ohio. It is the first step in establishing a new approach to understanding how these educationally oriented, public networks form community and operate. The goal of this case study is to systematically explore the principles, processes, structure and expectations associated with the Metro High School community and network. Unlike raw student assessment, this case study examines how to optimize community building processes as well as the networks. In this way it is possible to recognize the strengths of each through systematic social science analysis, and identify community and network processes that are present in a given place and situation. The larger goal of understanding the Metro networked community is to identify the key mechanisms that ensure sustainability, and enable others to propagate the Metro High School model in different locales where STEM education is emerging.