Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
1 Setting the Context 1
I The Shift 25
2 Who Sets Policy? 27
3 Politicians and Knowledge 45
4 Problems with Research 71
5 Research Use in Policymaking 97
6 Asked, Brought, Inside, Outside 117
II Learning the Craft 141
7 Build Relationships with Politicians Before they are Politicians 143
8 The Influence of Unexpected Allies 151
9 Leveraging the Research to Predict Policy Outcomes 159
10 From Practical Problems to The Ask 167
11 The Research One-Pager 179
12 Answers, Advocacy, Activism, and Frameworks 187
13 Teach to Champion 203
14 A Renewed Role for Academics 209
References 217
Index 233

About the Author

David 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. He is the author of School Choice, a volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series.