Drilling Through the Core : Why Common Core Is Bad for American Education

by Anthony Esolen

Book Overview

For the first time in history Americans face the prospect of a unified set of national standards for K-12 education. While this goal sounds reasonable, and Common Core has been presented as a state-led effort, it is anything but. This book analyzes Common Core from the standpoint of its deleterious effects on curriculum--language arts, mathematics, history, and more--as well as its questionable legality, its roots in the aggressive spending of a few...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985208694
• ISBN13: 9780985208691
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Pioneer Institute
• Length: 377 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.