Hanover, MD, December 27, 2007 - The Sloan Foundation has recognized authors of a study published in the INFORMS journal Organization Science with the 2006 Sloan Industry Studies Best Paper Prize. "Social Capital and Organizational Performance: Evidence from Urban Public Schools" is by INFORMS member Carrie R. Leana and Frits K. Pil, both at the University of Pittsburgh. The study shows that both internal social capital (relations among teachers) and external social capital (relations between the principal and external stakeholders) predict student achievement in mathematics and reading.
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