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PAUL BAMBRICK-SANTOYO is managing director of Uncommon Schools, Newark, N.J., and author of Great Habits, Great Readers: A Practical Guide to K-4 Reading in Light of the Common Core (Jossey-Bass, 2013).

Abstract The debate about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) sets up a false dichotomy: Either learning is fun, or learning is a world of questionable assessment and bereft of joy. In reality, learning is at its most enjoyable when it proves to you that you can do something hard. This is a lesson that has been reinforced for generations. As educators in the age of the CCSS, we can make the CCSS our enemy or we can use it as an opportunity to open new depths of understanding for our students. They will be better served by the latter.

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