Research Evidence and School Board Deliberations: Lessons From Three Wisconsin School Districts

Educational Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-63

  Asen, Robert ^a   Gurke, Deb ^b   Conners, Pamela ^c   Solomon, Ryan ^a   Gumm, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Association of School Boards Madison   (United States)

^c GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; deliberation; evidence; research; school board

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870465483     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904811429291     Document Type: Article

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