The State Innovation Exchange and Education Policy

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Eleven
  In Roundtable Session: Equity, Neoliberalism, and Dark Academia? Political Barriers and the Quest for Truth (Table 5)

Abstract

Especially since 2010, conservative interests’ dominance at advancing their preferred policies across U.S. states has been clear, with large and escalating impacts in education. Although adversaries on the political left remain in catch-up mode, there have been auspicious developments – which, however, have until now been subject to little to no empirical study, especially within the realm of education. This study focuses on one of these, seeking to understand a uniquely positioned progressive state-focused policy organization called State Innovation Exchange (SiX). We interviewed nine key stakeholders and analyzed electronic materials to address two research questions:
1.What are SiX’s primary purposes?
2.To what extent and in what ways has SiX focused on education policy, relative to other policy areas?

Authors

• Jing Tan, Miami University (OH)
  Presenting Author

• Joel R. Malin, Miami University (OH)
  Presenting Author