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School Reform: Where Does Policy Come From? Where Should It Go?, Kim Karman Friel
School Reform: Where Does Policy Come From? Where Should It Go?, Kim Karman Friel
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Policy analysis helps to develop a greater understanding of societal problems and provide possible solutions for elected and non-elected government decision makers. Ultimately, the product of analysis is advice relating to public decisions and informed by social values. In light of the pressures placed on education by policy-makers concerning implementation of educational reform there are surprisingly few studies concerning the changing role of the federal government from a historical perspective. Looking at the past, with the present in mind, reminds us that the current shape of education was not inevitable.
This qualitative dissertation study analyzes the evolution of the intentions …