Meanwhile, Common Core appears to be a bust

Thanks, Eddie.

I always assumed common core was a perfect way to understand how a liberal thinks. It’s like the most ridiculous way to do simple math problems. I assume that’s how they look at logical life as well which is probably why they’re so fricked up. So, as mathematics is the language of God so is common core the language of communist liberals.

It was a bust the minute a district put it in place.

Man I've seen some of my son's math homework the past several years, I can honestly say that shite makes my head hurt!

I’m shocked I tell you. Just shocked.

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President Obama, his Education Secretary Arne Duncan, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Bill Gates, and myriad other self-described education reformers promised Common Core would do exactly the opposite of what has happened: improve U.S. student achievement.

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Some may wonder why Bill Gates was involved with this. Follow the money. We need his products to teach the curriculum and test the students. He is for Common Core, because it makes him rich, not because of some altruistic motive.

If any of you have kids in high school, some districts are actually forcing some to take classes that only helps the district, not the kids. Calling it "college prep" but actually only for the year end test scores...gov't money at work.

kids is stoopid because of commin kor

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It’s like the most ridiculous way to do simple math problems. I assume that’s how they look at logical life as well which is probably why they’re so fricked up.

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I retired from my most beloved occupation - high school math teacher - in 2013 mostly because of the red tape involved with planning to implement common core.

But the 'math problems' everyone on the internet complains about is sort of a weird bird.

The problem is they got the horse before the cart - kids need to be taught fundamental math FACTs just the way they always have - rote manipulation thru traditional adding and subtracting and multiplication until they have that down pat.

THEN - use that basic knowledge as a springboard to making ALGEBRA seem a little less daunting.

Kids already should know the 6x8 = 48

and they should recognize that 6 can also be written by 4 + 2 and 8 by 5 + 3

then introduce substitution and you get (4+2)(5+3) and expand that into
4x5 + 4x3 + 2x5 + 2x3 and get 20 + 12 + 10 + 6 = 48 !!

Explain that they have just done ALGEBRA and introduce them to (a+b)(c+d) and off you go!!!

I was doing this with my beginning algebra students long before common core came along.

THEN I find out they are tying to teach MULTIPLICATION by using ALGEBRA concepts and I was W.T.F!!! - I'm outta here!!!

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For the third time in a row since Common Core was fully phased in nationwide,

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There are some states that still don't use Common Core, Texas, for example.

I know the Federalist is nothing more than right wing attempts at "journalism", but if they can't even get the first sentence factually correct... come on.

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If any of you have kids in high school, some districts are actually forcing some to take classes that only helps the district, not the kids. Calling it "college prep" but actually only for the year end test scores...gov't money at work.

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Are you referring to mandatory ACT prep classes?

I agree that is a bunch of BS... but that's because the state requires every HS kid to take the ACT... and the school's grade is based on it.

That's not common core... that's John White being an idiot.