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
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 Common Core
http://www.ascd.org/common-core-state-standards/common-core.aspx
State of New York Common Core Webpage
http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/CommonCoreLibrary/About/InstructionalShifts/default.htm
National Language Arts Common Core Resources
International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/general/AboutIRA/white-papers/ela-common-core-standards.aspx
National Reading and Writing Project
http://readingandwritingproject.com/professional-development/common-core-standards.html
National Writing Project
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3711
CCSSO Adolescent Literacy Tool Kit
http://programs.ccsso.org/projects/adolescent_literacy_toolkit/
Shanahan’s Literacy Blog
http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/
The Teaching Channel
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?categories=subjects_english-language-arts
National Mathematics Common Core Resources
Illustrative Mathematics
http://illustrativemathematics.org/
Dana Center’s Common Core Toolbox
Inside Mathematics Common Core
http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/common-core-standards
Mathematics Assessment Project Standards Page
http://map.mathshell.org/materials/stds.php
Progressions Documents for Common Core
http://ime.math.arizona.edu/progressions/
Teaching Chanel
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?page=1&categories=subjects_math&load=1
Florida Common Core Resources
FLDOE Common Core
http://www.fldoe.org/schools/ccc.asp
CPalms Common Core
http://www.cpalms.org/Standards/Common_Core_Standards.aspx