Governing Ideas for Equitable Education: Mechanisms to Broker Knowledge and Experiences of "Support"

• In Event: The Role of Grassroots Organizers, Federal Policy Makers, Intermediary Organizations, and Policy Making Toward Educational Equity

Abstract

This study explores the mechanisms through which intermediary organizations (IOs) shaped knowledge use during the development of states’ plans to reduce the inequitable distribution of excellent educators. Employing the conceptual framework of Campbell and Petersen’s “knowledge regimes,” (2011) this study uses methods of critical policy analysis to explore the organizational and operational machinery behind policy ideas. Findings describe the mechanisms used by IOs to support state education agencies and experiences of that support. Findings support the role of federally funded IOs in advancing policy ideas in line with human capital management and talent development over other reforms like improving the conditions in which teachers work or emphasizing teacher professionalism and autonomy in the contested field of teacher quality.

Author

• Jesslyn Hollar