Common Core Meets Education Reform

How can the Common Core complement and not conflict with school improvement efforts already at work across the United States? How can it be seamlessly integrated into accountability systems, teacher preparation and development, charter schools, and educational technology? This timely volume brings together prominent scholars and policy analysts to examine the pressing issues that will mark Common Core implementation. Whether or not you agree with the standards, the Common Core is coming, and this book will help policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders anticipate the challenges and take steps to address them.

Introduction

Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane

1.;The Lay of the Land

Michael Q. McShane

2.;The Role of Governors

Dane Linn

3.;Teacher Quality Reforms

Morgan Polikoff

4.;Will Charter Schools Lead or Lag?

Robin Lake and Tricia Maas

5.;Accountability: A Story of Opportunities and Challenges

Deven Carlson

6.;The History of History Standards:

The Prospects for Standards for Social Studies

Peter Meyer

7.;Technology

Taryn Hochleitner and Allison Kimmel

8.;Visions and Challenges for Multistate Governance and Sustainability

Patrick McGuinn

9.;A Reform at Risk? The Political Realities

Ashley Jochim

Conclusion: The Common Core and the Reform Agenda

Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane

Frederick M. Hess is director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and serves as executive editor of Education Next. Michael Q. McShane is a research fellow in education policy studies at AEI.

“Raises the hard questions about implementing and sustaining the Common Core State Standards so they don’t end up in the dustbin of abandoned public education reforms.”
—Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers

“A must-read for anyone who hopes to avoid total Common Core disaster.”
—Neal McCluskey, Cato Institute, Washington, DC