I will put these in the links section, eventually, but I thought I would also put up a set of links that leaders and teachers might use to deepen their understanding of the CCSS.
National Common Core Resources
The Common Core Standards Webpage
http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards
PARCC
http://www.parcconline.org/
SmarterBalanced
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/k-12-education/common-core-state-standards-tools-resources/
Council of Chief State School Officers Common Core Webpage
http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/The_Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative.html
America Achieve’s Common Core Webpage
http://commoncore.americaachieves.org/
Achieve the Core
http://www.achievethecore.org/
ASCD [...]