President and CEO of College Board David Coleman, creator of the Common Core curriculum, speaks during the New York Times Schools for Tomorrow conference in New York on Sept. 17, 2015. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Times
This article is part 11 in a series examining the origins of public education in the United States.
Alex Newman
Author
Alex Newman is a freelance contributor to The Epoch Times.
Mr. Newman is an award-winning international journalist, educator, author, and consultant who co-wrote the book “Crimes of the Educators: How Utopians Are Using Government Schools to Destroy America’s Children.” He writes for diverse publications in the United States and abroad.