The Origins of the Common Core

The Origins of the Common Core

Author: D. Owens

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-01-22

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1137482680

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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.