re: Dad Writes Gag Check to Son's Elementary School Using Common Core Math

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My son has been doing common core math for two years now. I have helped him with his homework every time he has a question. It usually takes me about 30 seconds to read the directions and understand the steps and why it's being taught. And every time I say the same thing "huh, that makes a lot of sense. I wish I had been taught that way"

Oh, and for you few remaining numb nuts who protest because "Obama",
They still teach the old method first.

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My daughter was doing that. It slowed her down. I taught her how to carry and drop numbers out to six wide in her head, how to multiple and divide in five and six numbers wide when the teacher using common core was still trying to teach kids to do it with two columns.

I got a note to stop doing it. I called the school and scheduled a meeting with the teacher and the principal. I told them that I was not going to slow down her learning because they needed to dumb down the curriculum. "We don't have enough students ready to warrant an advanced placement class". I looked at them and said, "Now who's fault is that?" in a rather sarcastic tone. I pulled her out and received permission to send her to another school where they had AP classes so she could thrive, but I kept writing the school board and threatening to sue the district for claiming the school had an excellence rating. Within two months they started two AP classes and invited me to return her to the school.

That number square is bullshite and if it's easier for you it says something about the quality of education you received, too.