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OverviewIn her new book, bestselling author Mercedes Schneider provides little-known details about the history of the Common Core State Standards. She lifts the veil on how the Common Core was developed, who was present in the back room, the push to copyright it so that test-makers could profit, and the urgency for governors to sign commitments before the standards were even completed. CCSS is publicized as being a state-led, teacher-developed approach guaranteed to ensure that all students are college- and career-ready. By the end of this eye-opening book, readers will come to understand the CCSS and its attendant assessments as something very different—an education-restricting, profit-garnering opportunity packaged as an education-sounding sales pitch. Common Core Dilemma will appeal to readers across the political spectrum who want to better understand the role of corporations, nonprofits, big donors with strings attached, and the federal government in exercising control in our schools. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mercedes K. SchneiderPublisher: Teachers' College Press Imprint: Teachers' College Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.379kg ISBN: 9780807756492ISBN 10: 0807756490 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 30 June 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsRecommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals and practitioners; general readers. --Choice Common Core Dilemma will appeal to readers across the political spectrum who want to better understand the role of corporations, nonprofits, big donors with strings attached, and the federal government in exercising control in our schools . --AAUP Education reform has many goals and results, including weakening unions, deskilling and de-professionalizing teachers, and wresting away popular control of education. --Against the Current Common Core Dilemma will appeal to readers across the political spectrum who want to better understand the role of corporations, nonprofits, big donors with strings attached, and the federal government in exercising control in our schools . --AAUP Education reform has many goals and results, including weakening unions, deskilling and de-professionalizing teachers, and wresting away popular control of education. --Against the Current Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals and practitioners; general readers. --Choice Author InformationMercedes K. Schneider is a secondary school teacher in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, an education blogger, author of A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Public Education, and holds advanced degrees in education and statistics. Visit her blog at deutsch29.wordpress.com. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |