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The Same Thing Over and Over

How School Reformers Get Stuck in Yesterday's Ideas

Frederick M. Hess

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$41.00 • £35.95 • €37.95

ISBN 9780674055827

Publication Date: 11/15/2010

304 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

World

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EDUCATION: Educational Policy & Reform: General

Frederick M. Hess is Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Executive Editor of Education Next.

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