by Kyle Johnson and Sue Mutchler

References & Credits

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Credits

This issue of Insights was written by Kyle Johnson, freelance writer, and Sue Mutchler, SEDL Program Associate, and edited by Joyce Pollard, Director of Institutional Communications and Policy Services. We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Lyndee Knox, Director of Research & Evaluation, USC Department of Family Medicine, and Diane Pan, SEDL Program Specialist, for significant contributions to the research base for this publication.

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Published in Insights on Educational Policy, Practice, and Research Number 10, December 1999, Deliberating About Education: A New Policy Tool?