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

Tampio, Nicholas,

Common core : national education standards and the threat to democracy / Nicholas Tampio. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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 freedom -- Conclusion democracy, education standards, and local control -- Epilogue democracy and the test refusal movement.



9781421424644


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.


Electronic Books.

LB3060 / .C666 2018