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They Blinded Me with Political Science: On the Use of Nonpeer Reviewed Research in Education Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Edward Muir*
Affiliation:
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
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Abstract

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Type
The Profession
Copyright
Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1999

Footnotes

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The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of the American Federation of Teachers.

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