Teach Truth to Power av David R. Garcia

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<b>How academics and researchers can influence education policy: putting research in a policy context, finding unexpected allies, interacting with politicians, and more.<br> </b><br><br>Scholarly 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 <i>Teach Truth to Power</i>, 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.  <br> <br>Countering 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