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Fuzzy math and the related Common Core Standard

October 5, 2013 25 Comments
Fuzzy math and the related Common Core Standard

Remember the Prego commercials- It’s in there! While some would like to promote the false idea that CC doesn’t include fuzzy math, the standards clearly call for these methods. Here is a little example that a viewer sent to Rich Hoffman at News 12.    Here is the standard that illustrates these methods: CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6 Add and […]

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Petrilli wins Doublespeak Award at Cato debate

October 4, 2013 0 Comments

Supporters of the Common Core like to mix things up and seem to have a different “argument du jour” at every debate. One day they claim adopting Common Core was done without any federal coercion. The next day they warn states will lose Title 1 funding if they reject it. While their arguments jump around […]

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Yes, the Common Core DOES tell teachers HOW to teach

September 30, 2013 17 Comments
Yes, the Common Core DOES tell teachers HOW to teach

After reading the interview of Mitch Daniels in the New York Times, I was surprised that he claims the standards are only set goals for the kids to master and that it doesn’t prescribe the methods or curriculum, that is up to the local schools and teachers. He gave an analogy using the high jump: […]

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Spellbinding Words of Wisdom

September 28, 2013 4 Comments

If there is a silver lining in Common Core it is definitely that it has awakened the general public and engaged them in discussions about the quality of education in America.  At Hoosiers Against Common Core, we have certainly never classified ourselves as proponents of the status quo.  We certainly are not.  We recognize that […]

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The Warping of Simplicity and Eloquence

September 22, 2013 0 Comments

  The video above is a must watch for all parents of young children, who have been questioning what in the world is going on with their children’s math work.   It is the articulate testimony given by the Chair of the Math Department, Mr. Layton Elliott, at Brebeuf Jesuit High School in Indianapolis, before […]

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