TY - BOOK AU - Zarra,III,PhD,Ernest J. TI - The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools: the Impact of Common Core on American Education SN - 9781475814293 AV - LB3060 .W766 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman and Littlefield Publishers KW - Common Core State Standards (Education) KW - Education KW - Standards KW - United States KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1151367&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -