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The Origins of the Common Core
How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy
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About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1Ā Ā The Nation Was at Risk and the Public Schools Did It
- 2Ā Ā Public Schools: Conservative Coalescence
- 3Ā Ā Friedmanomics, School Vouchers, and Choice
- 4Ā Ā Corporate Superstars
- 5Ā Ā Public Schools and a Third Way of Governing
- 6Ā Ā NCLB and the Texas Tall Tale
- 7Ā Ā Education Reform and the Deep State: An Alternate Universe
- 8Ā Ā The CCSS: Systemic Education Reform Writ Large
- 9Ā Ā CCSS: The Gorilla in the Room for Free Market Education Reform
- Conclusion: Speaking Truth to Power: Reclaiming the Politics of Education Reform
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index