The wrong direction for today's schools : the impact of Common Core on American education /

The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education is an in-depth analysis of the newest national American education fad, intended to replace the 2002 incarnation of the ESEA, No Child Left Behind. Zarra delves into the "seeds" that produced the C...

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Main Author: Zarra, Ernest J., 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2015]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781475814293
1475814291
9781475814279
1475814275
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Seeds of the Common Core
  • Assessments: the impetus for change
  • Preparing twenty-first-century college- and career-ready students
  • Follow the funding: Common Core creation to implementation
  • The Core of the Core
  • The Common Core standards
  • Common Core myths, facts, and realities
  • Common Core considerations, constituencies, and competition.