Common Core - National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy (Hardcover)

How the Common Core standardizes our kids' education-and how it threatens our democracy. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most controversial pieces of education policy to emerge in decades. Detailing what and when K-12 students should be taught, it has led to expensive reforms and displaced other valuable ways to educate children. In this nuanced and provocative book, Nicholas Tampio argues that, though national standards can raise the education bar for some students, the democratic costs outweigh the benefits. To make his case, Tampio describes the history, philosophy, content, and controversy surrounding the Common Core standards for English language arts and math. He also explains and critiques the Next Generation Science Standards, the Advanced Placement US History curriculum framework, and the National Sexuality Education Standards. Though each set of standards has admirable elements, Tampio asserts that democracies should disperse education authority rather than entrust one political or pedagogical faction to decide the country's entire philosophy of education. Ultimately, this lively and accessible book presents a compelling case that the greater threat to democratic education comes from centralized government control rather than from local education authorities.

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Nicholas Tampio (Associate Professor)
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-4214-2463-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Primary / junior schools Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	1-4214-2463-0
Barcode:	9781421424637

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