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Ashley Berner: Deputy DirectorCUNY Institute of Education Policy at Roosevelt House
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New Education Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. States: Their Current Influence and Potential Future Role in K-12 Policy Development
Amid growing interest in improving K-12 public education, in the past two decades, about five dozen new education advocacy organizations have emerged across the U.S. states.
Often formed and sustained with the help of foundations, typically these groups have advanced policy agendas focused on issues like accountability, educator quality, data transparency and choice.
Paul Manna, co-author of a new study on these organizations, reflects on the basic characteristics of these new education advocacy organizations and the diverse roles they have come to play in state education policy debates.
Unlike more traditional education advocacy organizations, which historically have represented teachers and school or district management groups, these new actors generally do not have large numbers of dues-paying members or affiliates drawn from those employed in public education.
Based on the study he also will offer recommendations for the organizations themselves and their potential foundation supporters.
Often formed and sustained with the help of foundations, typically these groups have advanced policy agendas focused on issues like accountability, educator quality, data transparency and choice.
Paul Manna, co-author of a new study on these organizations, reflects on the basic characteristics of these new education advocacy organizations and the diverse roles they have come to play in state education policy debates.
Unlike more traditional education advocacy organizations, which historically have represented teachers and school or district management groups, these new actors generally do not have large numbers of dues-paying members or affiliates drawn from those employed in public education.
Based on the study he also will offer recommendations for the organizations themselves and their potential foundation supporters.