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journal\u003Cbr>Arizona State University\u003Cbr>|\n| --- |\n| Volume 29 Number 21 February 22, 2021 ISSN 1068-2341 |\n\nHow does Teach For America Engage Its Alumni Politically?  \nA Case Study in Detroit  \nJeremy Singer1  \nWayne State University  \nUnited States  \n&  \nT. Jameson Brewer  \nUniversity of North Georgia  \nUnited States  \nCitation: Singer, J., & Brewer, T. J. (2021) . How does Teach For America engage its alumni politically? A case study in Detroit. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29(21) .  \n[https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5943](https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.29.5943)  \nAbstract: We describe the alumni engagement efforts by Teach For America (TFA) in Detroit as a case study of the specific ways that the organization works to influence its alumni’s involvement in educational politics and disposition towards particular types of educational reform. During the 2019-20 school year, TFA Detroit facilitated a series of “policy  \n1Statement of financial disclosure: As a graduate research assistant at Wayne State University, Jeremy Singer is partially funded by and supports research projects that are partially funded by a grant from the Skillman Foundation.  \nJournal website: [http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/ Manuscript)[ Manuscript](http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/ Manuscript) received: 8/31/2020  \nFacebook: /EPAAA Revisions received: 12/3/2020  \nTwitter: @epaa_aape Accepted: 12/4/2020  \nworkshops” for its alumni, intended to inspire TFA corps members and alumni to engage in political and policy advocacy. Combining field notes and other artifacts from the policy workshops with a social network analysis of the featured participants and central organizations, we show that TFA Detroit drew upon its local, state, and national policy networks to construct workshops that in turn would politically mobilize alumni to support their networks’ preferred city and state policies and reforms.  \nKeywords: Teach For America; politics; policy networks; social network analysis; thematic analysis; case study  \n¿Cómo Teach For America involucra a sus ex alumnos políticamente? Un estudio decaso en Detroit  \nResumen: Describimos los esfuerzos de participación de los egresados de Teach For America (TFA) en Detroit como un estudio de caso de los esfuerzos de la organización para influir en la participación de los egresados en la política educativa y la disposición hacia tipos particulares de reforma educativa. Durante el año escolar 2019-20, TFA Detroit facilitó una serie de“talleres de políticas” para sus exalumnos, con el objetivo de inspirar a los miembros y exalumnos del cuerpo de TFA a participar en la promoción de políticas. Combinando notas de campo y otros artefactos de los talleres de políticas con un análisis de redes sociales de los participantes destacados y las organizaciones centrales, mostramos que TFA Detroit usó sus redes de políticas para construir talleres para movilizar a los exalumnos para apoyar las políticas y reformas de la ciudad y el estado preferidas de la redes.  \nPalabras-clave: Teach For America; política; redes de políticas; análisis de redes sociales; Análisis temático; caso de estudio  \nComo o Teach For America envolve seus ex-alunos politicamente? Um estudo de caso em Detroit  \nResumo: Descrevemos os esforços de engajamento de ex-alunos pela Teach For America (TFA) em Detroit como um estudo de caso dos esforços da organização para influenciar oenvolvimento dos ex-alunos em políticas educacionais e disposição para determinados tipos de reforma educacional. Durante o ano letivo de 2019-20, a TFA Detroit facilitou uma série de“workshops de políticas” para seus ex-alunos, com o objetivo de inspirar os membros docorpo da TFA e ex-alunos a se envolverem na defesa de políticas. 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