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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy |
Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nicholas Tampio |
OCLC Number: | 1027579495 |
Notes: | Book. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Arguments for National Education Standards2. Arguments against National Education Standards3. English Standards, Close Reading, and Testing4. Math Standards, Understanding, and College and Career Readiness5. Science Standards, Scientific Unity, and the Problem of Sustainability6. History Standards, American Identity, and the Politics of Storytelling7. Sexuality Standards, Gender Identity, and Religious FreedomConclusionEpilogueNotesReferencesIndex |
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In Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, Nicholas Tampio offers a concise and readable anatomy of the Common Core movement as well as a case against national standards generally. * Wall Street Journal * The book is brief, pithy, to-the-point and well-focused, making it a great gift for your civilian friend who wants a quick, accessible explanation of what all the fuss is about. * Curmudgucation * Common Core provides a useful reminder of how educators-together with parents, and civil society-should be engaged in a larger political process of how schools, curricula, and national standards are organized. -- Emmerich Davies * Perspectives on Politics * Read more...

