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Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
Education scholars have documented the weak link between research evidence and policymaking (Lubienski, Scott, & DeBray, 2014). When research is taken up, it is often misused or misunderstood. This session brings influential education policy scholars together to address two issues. First, this session will examine the politics of how research is produced, promoted, and used, highlighting the barriers that limit the efficacy of research. Second, panelists will describe the actions they have taken and tools they have used to promote their work and increase its likelihood of affecting policy. Panelists will also discuss whether researchers’ roles end when the research project is complete or whether scholars have a responsibility to promote their work and act as public intellectuals.
Marialena Dawn Rivera, University of California - Berkeley
Kate Michelle Rollert, Michigan State University
Megan Austin, University of Notre Dame
Julie K. Marsh, College of William and Mary
Angela Valenzuela, The University of Texas - Austin
Gary A. Orfield, University of California - Los Angeles
Patricia C. Gándara, University of California - Los Angeles
Christopher A. Lubienski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Janelle T. Scott, University of California - Berkeley
Elizabeth H. DeBray, University of Georgia
Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute
Julian Vasquez Heilig, California State University - Sacramento
James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pedro A. Noguera, New York University
Helen F. Ladd, Duke University