Zarra, III, PhD, Ernest J. <br/><br/>
The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools  the Impact of Common Core on American Education. 

 - Lanham :  Rowman and Littlefield Publishers,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (291 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Seeds of the Common Core; 2 Assessments; 3 Preparing Twenty-First-Century College- and Career-Ready Students; 4 Follow the Funding; 5 The Core of the Core; 6 The Common Core Standards; 7 Common Core Myths, Facts, and Realities; 8 Common Core Considerations, Constituencies, and Competition; About the Author. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781475814293 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Common Core State Standards (Education)<br/>Common Core State Standards (Education)<br/>Education--Standards--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB3060  / .W766 2015