A report issued by the National School Boards Association determines that the success of the Common Core State Standards rests solely upon effective teacher professional development. The report, Teaching the Teachers: Effective Professional Development in an Era of High Stakes Accountability, available at www.nsba.org, says that the standards require new teaching methods and techniques that are substantially different from practices that are in place today and absent proper training, the massive reform effort is doomed to failure. In addition to just learning about the standards, the steepest learning curve for teachers