Intermediary Organizations in Charter School Policy Coalitions: Evidence from New Orleans

Autor/inn/en	DeBray, Elizabeth; Scott, Janelle; Lubienski, Christopher; Jabbar, Huriya
Titel	Intermediary Organizations in Charter School Policy Coalitions: Evidence from New Orleans
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 28 (2014) 2, S.175-206 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904813514132
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Interviews; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Research; Agency Cooperation; Research Utilization; Incentives; Advocacy; Political Influences; Educational Administration; Public Officials; Achievement; Equal Education; Accountability; Qualitative Research; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungsumsetzung; Anreiz; Sozialanwaltschaft; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Performance; Leistung; Verantwortung; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	This article develops a framework for investigating research use, using an "advocacy coalition framework" and the concepts of a "supply side" (mainly organizations) and "demand side" (policymakers). Drawing on interview data and documents from New Orleans about the charter school reforms that have developed there since 2005, the authors examine (a) the role of intermediaries in producing information and research syntheses for local, state, and/or federal policymakers; (b) the extent of policymakers' demand for such research and information; and (c) the extent to which local and national coalitions of organizations appear to be influential in research use. The article concludes that there are two coalitions in New Orleans that differ in their interpretations of charter school performance, equity, and access; that there is overall very low research capacity within the intermediary sector; and that there is little evidence of demand from state policymakers for research findings. There was agreement across both coalitions that there is a lack of a credible and non-partisan research group studying the reforms, that is, one that produces data analyses that are not merely descriptive. The authors map preliminary findings about how intermediary organizations are connected to national groups, as well as how research is shared within coalitions. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10