I don't think they are. They're looking at selling computers and tests. Very little effort actually went into the standards. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Private school graduates will be the only money makers in the future.
. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:09 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a lot of ways it seems like it's aimed at the slowest learners and least > intelligent, what happens to the best and brightest. > On May 20, 2014 2:06 PM, "Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The way they were teaching is when you add over three numbers, you use a > > scratch sheet and add all the numbers that are close to ten, then add > them > > together. You needed a worksheet to add rather than just adding down in a > > column and doing math in your head. I've read it takes the thinking out > of > > math so students don't actually learn how to add numbers in their head. I > > wish I had an example to show. > > > > This example went viral awhile back: > > > > > > > http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/24/youve-just-got-to-see-what-a-frustrated-parent-wrote-on-their-childs-common-core-math-assignment/ > > > > There are many others if you search. > > > > . > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'll skip the rest of your junk and get to the only thing of > > > importance..... > > > > > > > > > Aha! Practical experience! Please tell me why you think it's a joke. > What > > > parts of it do you think make it less effective in teaching children > > > mathematics? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370276 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
