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 […]
Cardinal Newman Society gives good advice on Common Core
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 […]
Why NCTM’s “Fuzzy” Math Standards are Wrong for Indiana
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 […]
Pull your hair out video!
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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