The Origins of the Common Core: How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy

Owens, D.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-01-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137482679

DOI: 10.1057/9781137482686

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 287