D. Owens

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The Origins of the Common Core (eBook, PDF)

How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy

Beschreibung

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.

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• Größe: 1.42MB

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• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Thomas J. Fiala, Arkansas State University, USA

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 287
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137482686
• Artikelnr.: 43100623

Rezensionen

"This timely book goes beyond the tired debates about the Common Core State Standards and asks instead: How did we get here, with self-appointed "reformers" casting public schools as the enemy, and unproven market models for education as the answer? This comprehensively documented treatment of that question proves that Deborah Duncan Owens is a voice to be reckoned with in education policy debates." - Christopher Lubienski, Professor of Education Policy, University of Illinois, USA; Sir Walter Murdoch Visiting Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia; and author of The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools (2014)

"Deborah Owens offers a detailed probe of the corporate-political alliances that cross party lines to push radical ventures traveling as education reform. She provides a needed history of what is really behind the Common Core, the curriculum and testing it requires, and why anyone who supports the survival of local public schools should care." - Susan Ohanian, Fellow, National Education Policy Center