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.
Tabella dei contenuti
1. The Nation Was at Risk and the Public Schools Did It 2. Public Schools: Conservative Coalescence and the Socialist Threat 3. Friedmanomics, School Vouchers and Choice 4. Corporate Superstars and an Inconvenient Truth 5. Public Schools and a Third Way of Governing 6. NCLB and the Texas Tall Tale 7. Education Reform and the Deep State: An Alternate Universe 8. The CCSS: Systemic Education Reform Writ Large 9. CCSS: The Gorilla in the Room for Free Market Education ReformCirca l’autore
Thomas J. Fiala, Arkansas State University, USA
Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 287 ● ISBN 9781137482686 ● Dimensione 1.4 MB ● Casa editrice Palgrave Macmillan US ● Città New York ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2015 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5062181 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale