E-Advocacy and E-vidence: How do Bloggers Participate in Education Reform?
T. Jameson Brewer (noreply@blogger.com)
Networks of intermediary
organizations (IONs) are penetrating the education policy space with a range of
ideas and “evidence,” brokering knowledge to policy actors and the public at
large. Increasingly, we are observing IOs gaining traction as key players in
advocacy and policymaking in the U.S. public education sector around tenuous
reforms such as charter schools, merit pay, vouchers, and Parent Trigger.
Operating in a myriad of forms, IONs often include a mix of the “big
three” foundations (i