When the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released the Common Core State Standards in June 2010, it was the culmination of a yearlong process. It resulted in what the two organizations stated was the establishment of clear and consistent goals for learning that would prepare America's children for success in college and work. According to NGA and CCSSO, the K-12 English-language arts and mathematics standards were developed in collaboration with content experts, states, teachers, school administrators and parents, and the final standards were informed by nearly 10,000 public comments and by standards in other top-performing countries. In this article, the author discusses what the Common Core standards will mean for the career and technical education (CTE) classroom, and what lies ahead as schools and states work to implement them.