Opportunities and Challenges for Policy Advice and Policy Making in EducationFuture Possibilities\nAuthor(s): Craig Skerritt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350538955, 978-1350538955\nSynopsis\nDespite mantras such as evidence-based policy and evidence-for-policy, many working in and with an interest in education remain unconvinced that policies are truly underpinned by, to draw on an oft-used proclamation, the best available evidence. Thus, there have been growing calls for new ways of producing education policy. This book is intended to make headway and add fuel to this movement. A wide range of scholars have been assembled to make contributions to this book that are likely to be of interest to academics, politicians, civil servants, school staff, and other education professionals in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. The books chapters reflect on opportunities and challenges for policy adv.