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Ford, Brian – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
This article is the third of three on "Sources of Authority in Education." All use the work of Amy Gutmann as a heuristic device to describe and explain the prevalence of market-based models of education reform in the US and the business-influenced Global Education Reform Movement. The other two are "Negating Amy Gutmann:…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship, Business, Educational Change
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Au, Wayne – Educational Forum, 2016
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and their associated high-stakes testing are key parts of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative. There has been considerable resistance to both CCSS and related testing, particularly from conservative actors. This resistance suggests that CCSS has caused substantial tension within the conservative…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Federal Regulation, Educational Change, Politics of Education