ABSTRACT National philanthropies have recently played a prominent role in spending on U.S. urban school board elections, largely seeking to promote candidates who support charter schools. In Atlanta in 2017, 30 candidates competed for nine open school board seats. One practice has been to fund intermediary organisations (IOs) (e.g. advocacy groups, foundations) that disseminate information and research in an effort to shape public opinion. This paper analyses the role of IOs in the 2017 school board race in Atlanta. Drawing on 12 interviews with policymakers and IO representatives, analysis of campaign literature, and media accounts, the authors contrast the ways in which the intermediary and philanthropic sectors attempted to influence leaders’ framing of educational policy issues. Findings reveal a nascent capacity for IOs in Atlanta for shaping support for pro-charter board candidates. The paper discusses implications for understanding the role that IOs may play in the politics of urban education.

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金钱和影响力：慈善机构、中介组织和亚特兰大 2017 年学校董事会选举

摘要 国家慈善机构最近在美国城市学校董事会选举的支出中发挥了重要作用，主要是寻求提拔支持特许学校的候选人。2017 年在亚特兰大，有 30 名候选人竞争九个公开学校董事会席位。一种做法是资助传播信息和研究以努力塑造公众舆论的中介组织 (IO)（例如倡导团体、基金会）。本文分析了 IO 在 2017 年亚特兰大学校董事会竞赛中的作用。通过对政策制定者和 IO 代表的 12 次采访、对竞选文献的分析和媒体报道，作者对比了中介和慈善部门试图影响领导人对教育政策问题的框架的方式。调查结果显示，亚特兰大的 IO 具有为支持特许董事会候选人提供支持的新生能力。本文讨论了对理解 IO 可能在城市教育政治中发挥的作用的影响。