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Critique of “new” math standards by Ze’ev Wurman

February 24, 2014 5 Comments

In order to better inform our followers, we  asked Ze’ev Wurman to complete an analysis of the new math standards intended to replace the Common Core in Indiana. Mr. Wurman is a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution and an executive with a California technology company. He has served as a senior adviser at the U. […]

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Common Core opponents concerns NOT resolved in K-5 “new” math standards

February 22, 2014 13 Comments
Common Core opponents concerns NOT resolved in K-5 “new” math standards

The chief complaint made by Common Core opponents in Indiana against the K-5 math standards was the abstract way the standards dictated children perform computations like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and the delay of teaching and practicing the standard algorithm for these operations. Parents wanted standards that resembled those in high-performing countries and states […]

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Cardinal Newman Society gives good advice on Common Core

February 22, 2014 0 Comments

Dr. Dan Guersney from the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools and the Cardinal Newman Society have released a paper giving direction to Catholic schools on Common Core. Dr. Guernsey lists ten critically important steps schools should take to avoid the problems with the standards. The Cardinal Newman society represents the true philosophy […]

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Why NCTM’s “Fuzzy” Math Standards are Wrong for Indiana

February 16, 2014 0 Comments

Most all will agree that one of the reasons we are having a debate about national standards in this country in the first place, is because of the belief that American students are entering college woefully underprepared.  There is a presumption that we must adopt standards that will ensure that students entering college are actually […]

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Pull your hair out video!

February 15, 2014 0 Comments

This video shows how frustrating the strategies of Common Core math  are for a child. The child is in third grade and is still required to use the place value technique required by the Common Core, not the standard algorithm. At one point in the video she says. “at home we stack the numbers, but […]

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