CCSS-K12

Here's an example of a 21st Century way to address Speaking and Listening anchor standards. 

Livebinders are great ways to organize content. There are scads of them being created about the CCSS. Here are a few.

Another great post from All Things Common Core...there are 3 states who've gone above and beyond when it comes to unpacking standards. Use these to guide you in your own work (and to save you a lot of work, too!).

From the School Improvement Network...A collection of their 5 best resources for CCSS information

This is a great article about implementation. It also provides great background about how the CCSS came to be. Definitely worthy of your time.

While I don't agree with all the points Anthony Cody makes in this article, I do think that it is important to learn about criticisms that some people have. With an issue as huge as the CCSS, we should all draw our own informed conclusions by learning about both sides of the story.

Great interview with professor Myra Zarnowski of Queens College about nonfiction and the Common Core state standards. I.N.K. (Interesting Non-Fiction for Kids) is a great blog by non-fiction authors...a good one to follow!

Alfie Kohn is a thought leader that I really respect. His opinions always seem to resonate with me. I'm curious to dig into this interview to find out what he thinks about the CCSS. He certainly has some criticisms of national standards that are worthy of consideration.

So wary of publishers that claim to be "aligned" to the CCSS. How is that possible when we don't know what the assessments look like?

The group of states with high-quality CCSS resource collections continues to grow. Came across this site from Hawaii this week and it looks good. I still wish that there was a common resource site for all states (it only make sense with the "common" core, right?) but right now, there isn't. I also wish every state was offering as much as states like Hawaii, Kansas, North Carolina, and others.

I found this helpful for thinking about dealing with the CCSS demands regarding text complexity.

THIS is a great collection!

You don't see a lot of CCSS resources for principals. This is probably something that needs to change. Check out this webinar from @All4Ed

These are the sorts of things teachers need to really get moving on CCSS implementation. Without an idea of what the assessments will look like, it's challenging to shift your teaching. Hopefully we'll see more things like this come out of the assessment consortia.

An update on where the CCSS stands now...and a look at where it might be headed thanks to Race to the Top grants in three states.

Core Math Tools is a downloadable suite of interactive software tools for algebra and functions, geometry and trigonometry, and statistics and probability. The tools are appropriate for use with any high school mathematics curriculum and compatible with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in terms of content and mathematical practices. Java required.

Might help students and teachers alike! Really clarifies what each of the practices calls for. 

A great collection for math teachers.

This looks like a great site to explore to help in creating meaningful mathematics assessments. 

Could the need for billions in professional development be the CCSS's Achilles heel?