{"product_id":"teach-truth-to-power-isbn-9780262543224","title":"Teach Truth to Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow academics and researchers can influence education policy: putting research in a policy context, finding unexpected allies, interacting with politicians, and more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScholarly books and journal articles routinely close with policy recommendations. Yet these recommendations rarely reach politicians. How can academics engage more effectively in the policy process? In \u003ci\u003eTeach Truth to Power\u003c\/i\u003e, David Garcia offers a how-to guide for scholars and researchers who want to influence education policy, explaining strategies for putting research in a policy context, getting “in the room” where policy happens, finding unexpected allies, interacting with politicians, and more.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCountering conventional wisdom about research utilization (also referred to as knowledge mobilization), Garcia explains that engaging in education policy is not a science, it is a craft—a combination of acquired knowledge and intuition that must be learned through practice. Engaging in policy is an interpersonal process; academics who hope to influence policy have to get face-to-face with the politicians who create policy. Garcia’s experience as trusted insider, researcher, and political candidate make him uniquely qualified to offer a roadmap that connects research to policy. He explains that academics can leverage their content expertise to build relationships with politicians (even before they are politicians); demonstrates the effectiveness of the research one-pager; and shows how academics can teach politicians to be champions of research.\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e1 Setting the Context 1\u003cbr\u003eI The Shift 25\u003cbr\u003e2 Who Sets Policy? 27\u003cbr\u003e3 Politicians and Knowledge 45\u003cbr\u003e4 Problems with Research 71\u003cbr\u003e5 Research Use in Policymaking 97\u003cbr\u003e6 Asked, Brought, Inside, Outside 117\u003cbr\u003eII Learning the Craft 141\u003cbr\u003e7 Build Relationships with Politicians \u003ci\u003eBefore \u003c\/i\u003ethey are Politicians 143\u003cbr\u003e8 The Influence of Unexpected Allies 151\u003cbr\u003e9 Leveraging the Research to Predict Policy Outcomes 159\u003cbr\u003e10 From Practical Problems to \u003ci\u003eThe Ask \u003c\/i\u003e167\u003cbr\u003e11 The Research One-Pager 179\u003cbr\u003e12 Answers, Advocacy, Activism, and Frameworks 187\u003cbr\u003e13 Teach to Champion 203\u003cbr\u003e14 A Renewed Role for Academics 209\u003cbr\u003eReferences 217\u003cbr\u003eIndex 233“David Garcia is the perfect person to write this book, and he does so flawlessly. It’s clear, down-to-earth, and informed by academic literature as well as his personal experience bridging the worlds of research and policy practice.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJeffrey R. Henig, Professor of Political Science and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; author of \u003ci\u003eSpin Cycle: How Research Gets Used in Policy Debate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003es\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A practical guide for researchers who aspire to have an impact on policy. In clear and compelling language, Garcia provides a blueprint for how to directly engage in the political process and close the gap between research and policy.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePedro Noguera, Dean of USC Rossier School of Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Garcia provides a compelling addition to the research-policy literature by focusing on how researchers can engage politicians. His advice is practical and actionable\u003cb\u003e.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eVivian Tseng, Senior Vice President, Programs, William T. Grant Foundation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“No one is better positioned to offer insights into effectively influencing education policy than David Garcia. The wisdom in this volume—from scholarly inquiry and Garcia’s real-world experience—makes it an unrivaled guide for researchers.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eChristopher Lubienski, Professor of Education Policy, Indiana University; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Public School Advantage:Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDavid R. Garcia is Associate Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. A former Arizona Associate Superintendent of Public Instruction, he was Arizona’s Democratic candidate for governor in 2018. 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