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The Origins of the Common Core

How the Free Market Became Public Education Policy
By:D. Owens
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137482679
eText ISBN:9781137482686
Edition:0
Copyright:2015
Format:Reflowable

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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.