Ernest J Zarra

The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools

The Impact of Common Core on American Education

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides 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 Common Core Standards, as well as the groups involved in the political and corporate pressure to revamp America's K-16 education system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781475814279
• ISBN-10: 1475814275
• Artikelnr.: 42411979

Autorenporträt

By Ernest J. Zarra III

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Seeds of the
Common Core Chapter 2: Assessments: The Impetus for Change Chapter 3:
Preparing 21st Century College and Career Ready Students Chapter 4: Follow
the Funding: Common Core Creation to Implementation Chapter 5: The Core of
the Core Chapter 6: The Common Core Standards Chapter 7: Common Core Myths,
Facts, and Realities Chapter 8: Common Core Considerations, Constituencies,
and Competition About the Author