Description: Like medical practitioners, educators share the moral obligation to "first, do no harm."
Brief description: Michael A. Gottfried is an associate professor in the Gevirtz School's Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is on the editorial board of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
Review Quotes: "When School Policies Backfire is a sobering reminder of the responsibility that policy makers and researchers bear for the well-being of our most vulnerable students." --James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review