Acknowledgments ix
1 Complexity and Policy Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for the Field Meredith I. Honig; 1
2 Communities of Practice Theory and the Role of Teacher Professional Community in Policy Implementation Cynthia E. Coburn; Mary Kay Stein; 25
3 Policy Implementation and Cognition: The Role of Human, Social, and Distributed Cognition in Framing Policy Implementation James P. Spillane; Brian J. Reiser; Louis M. Gomez; 47
4 Language Matters: How Characteristics of Language Complicate Policy Implementation Heather C. Hill; 65
5 Revisiting Policy Implementation as a Political Phenomenon: The Case of Reconstitution Policies Betty Malen; 83
6 Connections in the Policy Chain: The "Co-construction" of Implementation in Comprehensive School Reform Amanda Datnow; 105
7 Building Policy from Practice: Implementation as Organizational Learning Meredith I. Honig; 125
8 Toward a Critical Approach to Education Policy Implementation: Implications for the (Battle)Field Michael J. Dumas; Jean Anyon; 149
9 An Economic Approach to Education Policy Implementation Susanna Loeb; Patrick J. McEwan; 169
10 Social Capital and the Problem of Implementation Mark A. Smylie; Andrea E. Evans; 187
11 Implementation Research in Education: Lessons Learned, Lingering Questions and New Opportunities Milbrey W. McLaughlin; 209
Bibliography 229
Contributors 271
Author Index 277
Subject Index
