But revolutionizing education may finally be under way, fueled by the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI). At the heart of this ambitious initiative is the conviction that all students, regardless of race, income status, or zip code, deserve an education that prepares them for success in today’s job market and postsecondary institutions. Through the CCSSI, states worked together to design grade-level expectations in English language arts and math to ensure that all students would be college and career ready by the time they graduated from high school