Hildy Gottleib recently wrote an article “When "Best Practice" is Bad Practice” addressing three key reasons why this phrase and concept are so problematic:

(1) It teaches us to look for answers outside ourselves and our communities of practice
(2) Who says it\'s best and what is it best about?
(3) Often, these so-called "best" practices are actually terrible.

To read the article, visit http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/09/20/when-%E2%80%9Cbest-practice%E2%80%9D-is-bad-practice/.