Conversation Currents: Shining Light between a Rock and a Hard Place

In this column, the editors of Language Arts talk with Joanne Larson and Patrick Shannon, scholars who spoke to the themed issue, Common Core, Rotten Core: Part II. These researchers highlight the role that the Common Core has served in informing the practices of teachers and the subsequent effects on student learning. They also discuss the importance of teacher decision-making as critical to positioning students to act democratically in the world.