The Hub and the Spokes: Foundations, Intermediary Organizations, Incentivist Reforms, and the Politics of Research Evidence

Autor/inn/en	Scott, Janelle; Jabbar, Huriya
Titel	The Hub and the Spokes: Foundations, Intermediary Organizations, Incentivist Reforms, and the Politics of Research Evidence
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 28 (2014) 2, S.233-257 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904813515327
Schlagwörter	Educational Administration; Philanthropic Foundations; Politics of Education; School Choice; Incentives; Research Utilization; Evidence; Advocacy; Semi Structured Interviews; Organizations (Groups); Policy Formation; School Districts; Educational Change; Charter Schools; Public Officials; Educational Policy; Qualitative Research; Colorado; Louisiana; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Philanthropismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Anreiz; Forschungsumsetzung; Evidenz; Sozialanwaltschaft; Politische Betätigung; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsreform; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Politics of education; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	The rise in the influence of and spending by educational philanthropists and foundations over the past two decades, especially in the area of market-based reforms, such as charter schools, vouchers, and merit pay, is evident across the United States. Largely due to philanthropic investments, relatively new educational intermediary organizations (IOs) have also been growing in size, scope, and influence. These new IOs have sought to implement market-based reforms in key urban school districts, frequently based on ideological stances and/or evidence of their efficacy. As yet, researchers have not conceptualized the unique position of foundations in the landscape of intermediary organizations, market-based reforms, and evidence production and utilization. Drawing from a 3-year (2011-2014) study of IOs, research utilization, and policymaking in the case of "incentivist" reforms, we find that foundations are uniquely situated in the reform landscape as a central actor, at the "hub" of intermediary activity as a funder of IOs, but also as a "spoke" in the wheel that helps to mobilize and, in many ways, direct the activities of the IOs. We discuss the implications of the role of foundations in research production, promotion, and utilization for research and policymaking. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10