| Contents |
Introduction : The quandary of who owns America's schools -- Gradually leaving education behind : No Child Left Behind and its predecessors -- Achieve and its "common core of standards" master plan : part one -- Achieve and its "common core of standards" master plan : part two -- Playing in the Achieve sandbox : Education Trust and Fordham Institute -- The "state-led" lock-in : the Common Core memorandum of understanding -- The invisible architects and visible PR machine : student achievement partners -- America, "stay the course" (don't remove that noose) : the Common Core surveys -- NGA and CCSSO : legal owners of Common Core -- Bill Gates likes the idea -- Arne wants in : Common Core and the race to the top -- Those "powerful market forces" : Pearson wins -- Conclusion : So what have we learned here? -- Glossary of key individuals, organizations, and terms. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2015003323 |
| ISBN | 9780807756492 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807756490 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807756508 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807756504 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
