The Origins of the Common Core
Owens, D. / Fiala, Thomas J.![The Origins of the Common Core](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/200/20043499/CHSBZCOP0320043499.jpg)
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.