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Owens provides a historical analysis of the ideological movements and reform efforts leading to the Common Core State Standards, beginning with conservative criticism of public schools in the 1930s and culminating in a convergence of the political right and left in efforts to systemically reform education based on free market principles.

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Deborah Owens offers a detailed probe of the corporate-political alliances that cross party lines to push radical ventures traveling as education reform. She provides a needed history of what is really behind the Common Core, the curriculum and testing it requires, and why anyone who supports the survival of local public schools should care. - Susan Ohanian, Fellow, National Education Policy Center

This timely book goes beyond the tired debates about the Common Core State Standards and asks instead: How did we get here, with self-appointed reformers casting public schools as the enemy, and unproven market models for education as the answer? This comprehensively documented treatment of that question proves that Deborah Duncan Owens is a voice to be reckoned with in education policy debates. - Christopher Lubienski, Professor of Education Policy, University of Illinois, USA, Sir Walter Murdoch Visiting Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia, and author of The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools (2014) Deborah Owens offers a detailed probe of the corporate-political alliances that cross party lines to push radical ventures traveling as education reform. She provides a needed history of what is really behind the Common Core, the curriculum and testing it requires, and why anyone who supports the survival of local public schools should care. - Susan Ohanian, Fellow, National Education Policy Center

"""This timely book goes beyond the tired debates about the Common Core State Standards and asks instead: How did we get here, with self-appointed ""reformers"" casting public schools as the enemy, and unproven market models for education as the answer? This comprehensively documented treatment of that question proves that Deborah Duncan Owens is a voice to be reckoned with in education policy debates."" - Christopher Lubienski, Professor of Education Policy, University of Illinois, USA; Sir Walter Murdoch Visiting Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia; and author of The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools (2014) ""Deborah Owens offers a detailed probe of the corporate-political alliances that cross party lines to push radical ventures traveling as education reform. She provides a needed history of what is really behind the Common Core, the curriculum and testing it requires, and why anyone who supports the survival of local public schools should care."" - Susan Ohanian, Fellow, National Education Policy Center"

This timely book goes beyond the tired debates about the Common Core State Standards and asks instead: How did we get here, with self-appointed reformers casting public schools as the enemy, and unproven market models for education as the answer? This comprehensively documented treatment of that question proves that Deborah Duncan Owens is a voice to be reckoned with in education policy debates. - Christopher Lubienski, Professor of Education Policy, University of Illinois, USA; Sir Walter Murdoch Visiting Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia; and author of The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools (2014) Deborah Owens offers a detailed probe of the corporate-political alliances that cross party lines to push radical ventures traveling as education reform. She provides a needed history of what is really behind the Common Core, the curriculum and testing it requires, and why anyone who supports the survival of local public schools should care. - Susan Ohanian, Fellow, National Education Policy Center

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Thomas J. Fiala, Arkansas State University, USA

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