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The Origins of the Common Core. How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy.
D. Owens
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNB; JNF; JNK; JNKC; JNLA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349503179
SKU
V9781349503179
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99-15
About D. Owens
Thomas J. Fiala, Arkansas State University, USA
Reviews for The Origins of the Common Core. How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy.
"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 ... Read more