How uncommon is the common core?

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/30/36common.h30.html?tkn=QNQFTUgofPtXiqhiwMMHJq9hAGERMPRP%2F4sZ&cmp=clp-edweek

Last week, top curriculum leaders and board of education reps from 13 states assembled to discuss the implementation of common core standards at a meeting organized by the National Association of State Boards of Education.
States now have the task of amending their current curricula and, of course, tailoring their teacher assessment criteria to reflect it. However, they also need to educate teachers on what exactly the common core is and how to adjust their planning accordingly. This article suggests that the common core standards are so different from the current individual state standards that they need not look for similarities, but rather view them as a brand new agenda.

It is now our responsibility as educators to embrace all these changes, make them our personal classroom goals, and implement them to the best of our ability. New standards, new curriculum, new assessments…. New teacher?, oh well! These changes are happening and they’re happening fast. We are just passengers on this express train to student success…Welcome Aboard!