Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nicholas Tampio (Associate Professor, Fordham University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781421424637ISBN 10: 1421424630 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 26 April 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAbout the Author Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Arguments for National Education Standards 2. Arguments against National Education Standards 3. English Standards, Close Reading, and Testing 4. Math Standards, Understanding, and College and Career Readiness 5. Science Standards, Scientific Unity, and the Problem of Sustainability 6. History Standards, American Identity, and the Politics of Storytelling 7. Sexuality Standards, Gender Identity, and Religious Freedom Conclusion Epilogue Notes References IndexReviewsIn Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, Nicholas Tampio offers a concise and readable anatomy of the Common Core movement as well as a case against national standards generally. * Wall Street Journal * Common Core provides a useful reminder of how educators-together with parents, and civil society-should be engaged in a larger political process of how schools, curricula, and national standards are organized. -- Emmerich Davies, Harvard University * Perspectives on Politics * The book is brief, pithy, to-the-point and well-focused, making it a great gift for your civilian friend who wants a quick, accessible explanation of what all the fuss is about. * Curmudgucation * In Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy, Nicholas Tampio offers a concise and readable anatomy of the Common Core movement as well as a case against national standards generally. * Wall Street Journal * Author InformationNicholas Tampio is an associate professor of political science at Fordham University. He is the author of Kantian Courage: Advancing the Enlightenment in Contemporary Political Theory and Deleuze’s Political Vision. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
