D. Owens, "The Origins of the Common Core: How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy"
2015 | ISBN-10: 1137482672 | 287 pages | PDF | 1 MB
2015 | ISBN-10: 1137482672 | 287 pages | PDF | 1 MB
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.