
The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools
The Impact of Common Core on American Education
Hardcover | 27 January 2015
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Dr. Zarra is passionate about exposing the fallacies of the Common Core to the public. The Common Core rhetoric is the latest in a series of politically motivated bite-sized catch-phrases whose intent and outcomes actually undermine American creativity and respect for diversity of talent and choice. Do we really want all the chocolates in the candy box to be the same? Let's leave the educating to the professionals, not to politically appointed automatons. This is a must read. -- Dr. Sheryl Santos-Hatchett, Founding Dean, School of Education and Human Services, University of North Texas at Dallas
The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education, by Dr. Ernie Zarra, will be extremely useful to all those interested in improving public education in this country. The structure of his book leads the reader into a deeper understanding of the issues concerning Common Core's standards. The chapters are heavily documented and readers are encouraged to delve into the material, as well as pursue independent research. Dr. Zarra's book is also timely. As Congress tries to develop new language and new ideas for a re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the information in this book will especially help readers to understand why the tests based on Common Core's standards (no matter what they are called) will continue the damage begun by the annual (and excessive) testing mandated in No Child Left Behind, the 2002 version of the ESEA. -- Dr. Sandra Stotsky, professor emerita, University of Arkansas
"An incisive analysis of the fallacies of the Common Core with abundant evidence and convincing arguments. A must-read for all who care about our children's future." -- Yong Zhao Ph.D., Foundations Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, author of "Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Outcomes"," Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and worst) Education in the World", and more.
ISBN: 9781475814279
ISBN-10: 1475814275
Published: 27th January 2015
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 292
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 16.2 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.61
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