Table of Contents

Foreword: Operationalizing the Neoliberal Common Good, Joanne Larson

1. An Evidence Base for the Common Core, Patrick Shannon
2. Common Core Children, Randy Bomer
3. Texts and Teens: Separate and Unequal, Maja Wilson
4. Understanding Digital and Media Texts in the Common Core, Peggy Albers
5. When Standards Means Standardization, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana and Gloria-Beatriz Rodríguez
6. “Common” and “Core” and the Diversity of Students’ Lives and Experiences, Catherine Compton-Lilly and Kristopher Stewart
7. All I’m Asking for Is . . ., Sandra Wilde
8. Jack and Miss Stretchberry Meet the Common Core: And What Lessons Do They Find There?,Elizabeth Jaeger
9. Teachers as the Standard(s) Bearers, Curt Dudley-Marling