The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education

by Ernest J. Zarra III

Book Overview

The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education is an in-depth analysis of the newest national American education fad, intended to replace the 2002 incarnation of the ESEA, No Child Left Behind. Zarra delves into the "seeds" that produced the Common Core Standards, as well as the groups involved in the political and corporate pressure to completely revamp America's K-16 education system. The author lays out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475814283
• ISBN13: 9781475814286
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"