Putting political spectacle to work: Understanding local resistance to the Common Core
In the fall of 2013, a parents’ group formed to protest the new Common Core based mathematics textbook recently adopted by their school district. Quickly allying with teachers, the new coalition began to, “hammer,” the district to drop the Common Core and return to more traditional texts and pedagog...
Main Author: | Michael A. Szolowicz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Arizona State University
2016-11-01
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Series: | Education Policy Analysis Archives |
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Online Access: | https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/2521 |
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