“No one knows as much about your students as you do . . .
Your knowledge about your students guides the instructional choices you make,
and it shapes your response to any mandate, including the Common Core State Standards.”
Anne Gere, Core Standards Series Editor
Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards
The NCTE series of books and virtual conference recordings explore how student-centered teaching remains crucial to every classroom and provides examples of upholding NCTE principles of effective teaching in a time of Core Standards. The series is focused on helping teachers and schools interpret the Common Core State Standards, contextualize and connect to the CCSS, and plan units of instruction keeping students at the center and teachers as decision-makers.
If you are looking for on-site, customized support from a expert consultant who can help you better understand the Core Standards and develop an implementation plan, consider working with an NCTE consultant. Learn more here about NCTE consultants who specialize in CCSS implementation!
Read the open letter about the release of the first public draft of the Common Core State Standards for K-12 English Language Arts from Jeff Williams, Chair of the NCTE Review Team.
Review NCTE’s Responses to Standards Drafts
View and download the final version of the Common Core State Standards. 
2010-11 Teacher of the Year and NCTE member Sarah Brown Wessling Suggests How:
(Excerpted from the introductory session to NCTE's Common Core Virtual Conference, April, 2011)