The Evolving Politics of the Common Core
Policy Implementation and Conflict Expansion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashley Jochim, Lesley Lavery (0000-0001-5851-1653) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 380-404 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pjv015 |
| OpenAlex | W1976366500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Common Core State Standards Initiative was adopted by forty-five states and heralded by supporters from both sides of the political aisle. Four years later, several states have rescinded their support and dozens more have introduced legislation to reconsider or limit participation. While standard explanations for opposition have focused on Republican state legislators and conservative ideological groups and emphasized concerns about a perceived loss of local control, our analysis reveals that opposition to the standards shifted considerably over time, engaging these groups and issues initially but expanding to include Democratic policymakers and their allies as implementation proceeded. A range of issues that were largely ignored when the initiative was adopted, including concerns over cost, teacher evaluation, accountability, and student privacy were brought to the fore as the policy had to be reconciled with existing systems and institutions. This analysis has implications for scholars tracing policy change in a federal system by revealing the centrality of implementation to understanding how political conflict evolves over time
Accountability · Centrality · Democracy · Ideology · Legislation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Law · Public Administration
Responsive States
An Event History Analysis of the Policy Adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards
Social Media Utilization in Discourse Coalitions
Race to the top and the diffusion of state education intervention policy in the American states
Learning From Standards Deviations
Federal Esea Waivers as Reform Leverage
Return of the “Rightful Remedy
The Every Student Succeeds Act, the Decline of the Federal Role in Education Policy, and the Curbing of Executive Authority
Model State Legislation and Intergovernmental Tensions over the Affordable Care Act, Common Core, and the Second Amendment
Introduction to the Special Issue
The New Education Politics in the United States
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |