Education

greatlaurel

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7. Great links! Thanks!

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 09:45 PM

Sep 2014

"The new math failed miserably twice before. Sure, you can blame it on a "lack of teacher training" OR you could realize that it's just a bad idea. Teach kids the easy/easier way, then once they know they can do it, then you explain why the rules work the way they do. Simple."

We should shout this from the rooftops. Very well said. Hope you don't mind if I use this paragraph in the future.

I absolutely agree with you that it is bunk about not enough good math students, along with all the STEM graduates. The fact that the GOP has slashed funding for research is a disgrace that gets little of no recognition by the media. These lies become so pervasive it creeps into articles like this. “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” -Mark Twain

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Well written article from Alternet about the math common core. Makes a lot of great points. [View all] greatlaurel Sep 2014 OP

I despised the math garbage my second grader brought home. AllyCat Sep 2014 #1

Did your child's school do Everyday Mathmetics? greatlaurel Sep 2014 #2

Oh jeez are they using that U of C Everyday mathematics again? lunasun Sep 2014 #3

It never went away, unfortunately, greatlaurel Sep 2014 #5

I feel for areas like you describe . Pushed in a corner and yes I still look at all that tutoring we lunasun Sep 2014 #8

The field of education is remarkably bad at learning from its mistakes. Ka hrnt Sep 2014 #4

Great links! Thanks! greatlaurel Sep 2014 #7

Excellent article! Thanks! femmocrat Sep 2014 #6

And since they will never be able to do the math in their head the old fashion way as you call it lunasun Sep 2014 #9

I feel so bad for the kids. It just wrong to put corporate profits ahead of the kids. greatlaurel Sep 2014 #11

Relatively recently, In The Lounge, IIRC... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #10

so because parents are frustrated, that makes it bad? mopinko Sep 2014 #12

I plan to respond to you more on those points later. Arne and Erikson Institute. madfloridian Sep 2014 #13

and that's a bad thing? mopinko Sep 2014 #14

can you please specify what you disagree w in that article? mopinko Sep 2014 #15