| Description |
214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Gender group: gdr Men |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members |
| Series |
The educational innovations series
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Educational innovations.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index. |
| Contents |
The roots of state-led reform -- Rising expectations, competing ideas -- Developing the Common Core State Standards -- Content of the core -- Resistance and rebellion -- Effects on student achievement -- Effects on curriculum and instruction -- Whatever happened to Common Core? |
| Summary |
Examines the Common Core State Standards from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes. Situating the standards in the long history of state and federal efforts to shape education, the book describes a series of critical lessons that highlight the political and structural challenges of large-scale, top-down reforms. Loveless argues that there are too many layers between the state and the classroom for a national standards approach to be effective. Specifically, he emphasizes the significant gap between states' roles in designing education policy and teachers' roles as implementers of policy. In addition, he asserts that top-down policies are unpredictable, subject to political and ideological pressures, and vulnerable to the pendulum effect as new reforms emerge in response to previous ones. --From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Common Core State Standards (Education) -- United States.
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Education and state -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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Common Core State Standards (Education) |
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Education and state. |
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Educational change. |
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United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Added Title |
Understanding the failure of common core |
| ISBN |
1682535908 (paperback) |
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9781682535905 (paperback) |
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1682535916 (library edition) |
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9781682535912 (library edition) |
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