Think tank research quality : lessons for policymakers, the media, and the public

• Other Authors: Welner, Kevin Grant (Editor), Hinchey, Patricia H. (Editor), Molnar, Alex (Editor), Weitzman, Don (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2010]
• Subjects: Privatization in Education > United States.; Education and state > United States.; Education > Research > United States.; Research institutes > United States.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617586
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-022-1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 320 pages) : illustrations

Education policy over the past thirty years has been powerfully influenced by well-funded and slickly produced research reports produced by advocacy think tanks. The quality of think tank reports and the value of the policies they support have been sharply debated. To help policymakers, the media, a...