Betting on People: An essay review of Dale Russakoff’s The prize: Who’s in charge of America’s schools?

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  • Matthijs Koopmans Mercy College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v23.2036

Author Biography

Matthijs Koopmans, Mercy College

Matthijs Koopmans, Ed. D. joined the faculty at Mercy College in 2011.  Previously, he worked for several educational research organizations, including the Academy for Educational Development and Metis Associates, and he was employed for two years at The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation as a Senior Evaluation Associate. He did consulting work for the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Testing at Newark Public Schools from 1989 to 1998. His scholarly interests include cause and effect relationships, complexity theory and quantitative singe case designs.

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2016-06-01

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Koopmans, M. (2016). Betting on People: An essay review of Dale Russakoff’s The prize: Who’s in charge of America’s schools?. Education Review, 23. https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v23.2036

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