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Standards Deviation: How Schools Misunderstand Education Policy

by James P. Spillane
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Synopsis

Policy implementation is like the telephone game. . . . the player at the start of the line tells a story to the next person in line, who then relays the story to the third person in line. . . . by the time the story is retold by the final player, it is very different from the original.

About the Author, James P. Spillane

James P. Spillane is Professor of Human Development, Social Policy, and Learning Sciences, at Northwestern University.

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Book Details

Published
April 1, 2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780674013230

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