Between the state and the schoolhouse : understanding the failure of common core

Summary: "Between the State and the Schoolhouse 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. Education policy expert Tom Loveless argues that there are too many layers between the state and the classroom for a national standards approach to be effective." --

Record details

ISBN: 1682535908
ISBN: 9781682535905
ISBN: 1682535916
ISBN: 9781682535912
Physical Description: print
214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- 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?