Common core : national education standards and the threat to democracy /

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The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most controversial pieces of education policy to emerge in decades. Detailing what and when K-12 students should be taught, it has led to expensive reforms and displaced other valuable ways to educate children. In this nuanced and provocative...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tampio, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Education > Standards > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Decentralization in government > United States.
Central-local government relations > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Responsabilité du rendement (Éducation) > États-Unis.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Central-local government relations
Decentralization in government
Democracy
Education and state
Education > Standards
Educational accountability
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Do we need a Common Core?
  • Arguments for national education standards
  • Arguments against national education standards
  • English standards, close reading, and testing
  • Math standards, understanding, and college and career readiness
  • Science standards, scientific unity, and the problem of sustainability
  • History standards, American identity, and the politics of storytelling
  • Sexuality standards, gender identity, and religious minorities
  • Conclusion. Democracy, education standards, and local control
  • Epilogue. Democracy and the test refusal movement.

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