Response to Comments: Clinical Study: A Pursuit of Responsibility as the Basis of Education Research

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y initial contribution to this discussion ("Will a Clinical Approach Make Education Research More Relevant for Practice?" in this issue of Educational Researcher, pp. 412-420) focused on the question of whether a clinical research practice might make education research more relevant for practice. The characteristics of a clinical approach are as follows:Labaree: "The Dysfunctional Pursuit of Relevance in Education Research" David F. Labaree (in this issue) welcomes my efforts to clarify the issues surrounding the relevance of education research, but he