The Origins of the Common Core

The Origins of the Common Core How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy

2015

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Publisher's Synopsis

Owens provides a historical analysis of the ideological movements and reform efforts leading to the Common Core State Standards, beginning with conservative criticism of public schools in the 1930s and culminating in a convergence of the political right and left in efforts to systemically reform education based on free market principles.

Book information

ISBN: 9781137482679
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2015
DEWEY: 379.73
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: ix, 287
Weight: 4777g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 18mm