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We've always maintained that it's important to become informed about both sides of the CCSS debate. However, more often than not, it's the work of CCSS critics that gets the most attention. Still believe we need to think about all sides, but definitely need more published by educators who feel the Common Core may be a good thing...like this post. 

Academic vocabulary...a huge CCSS ELA shift that's easy to overlook.

This piece from Thomas Newkirk definitely fits into the category of "Common Sense for the Common Core." It lays out several concerns with the CCSS in a logical fashion. Whether you're a CCSS supporter or feel the standards are ripe with imperfections (or somewhere in between), this is a good read. 

This site is worth exploring. A coalition of national organizations, as well as the two consortiums charged with creating CCSS assessments, have partnered together to provide expertise and advice on implementation of the CCSS.

This article goes in depth to examine what the CCSS and the Transcontinental Railroad have in common. There's more to it that you might think. This is a lengthy piece (5 pages) but worth the read if you are still trying to understand how to wrap your head around all the changes that come along with the CCSS.

The move to performance task-based assessment will be a huge shift for many schools. This guide offers a means of assisting teachers in creating rigorous, CCSS-aligned performance tasks.

Useful tip sheets provided and summarized here for school boards, superintendents, principals and teachers for implementation of the CCSS. I wonder how many schools/districts haven't even started yet. Hopefully not many.

There's a lot of criticism out there about the CCSS. And while it's important to read opinions from all sides, it can be hard to find teachers writing about their positive stance about the new standards. This post, as a result, is refreshing and uplifting. And also, it might shift your thinking a little if you're a member of the anti-CCSS camp.

It's important to consider all viewpoints when looking at the CCSS. This article takes a critical look at the fact that, according to one survey, so many teachers feel "prepared," while other surveys indicate otherwise. 

Resources documenting the connections between the Fountas and Pinnell Continuum of Literacy Learning and CCSS for ELA.

A thoughtful post from a teacher making the CCSS happen. 

This is a weighty, but much needed, read. It's the mathematical standards of practice that truly need to be understood in order to fully make a CCSS transition. If you're a math teacher of any level, you've got to explore them, and this article unpacks them in a valuable way.

An article from the NASSP for leaders who find themselves charged with leading a CCSS transition.

In my opinion, the best article I've seen about the role poetry can and should play as we move toward full CCSS implementation. (Full disclosure: I wrote it.)

From a CCSS author's mouth to our ears. This is worth the read.

Really interesting look at how one school is making CCSS work with PBL. I look forward to reading more about this school and about others working on the same type of things.

One of my beliefs about the CCSS is that teachers of ELA are going to have to look to more non-traditional sources for texts. Magazines, videos, and newspapers can play a great role in the teaching of informational text.

I wrote recently about the abundance of regional twitter education chats and how valuable I think they can be. This recap of an #ohedchat on the CCSS is a perfect example

Close reading...such a key component to the CCSS. And something many teachers struggle to understand exactly what it looks like. 

You can always count on Common Core Watch to give you straight talk on the CCSS. Here they offer up a commentary on the recent release of assessment items by the SBAC...the good, the bad, and the ugly.