Education

greatlaurel

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5. It never went away, unfortunately,

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 09:16 PM

Sep 2014

We live in a rural area so private schools were not an option. We spent a lot of time tutoring our kids. It worked for us, because we were both well educated and had the ability to help our kids. So many of our rural kids just do not have anyone to help them. They end up thinking they are not good at math, thanks to to Everyday Mathematics curriculum. There was not a parent who did not hate it that they could not help their kids.

At least when our kids were little the horrid curriculum was limited to math. Now thanks to Common Core the same thing is being done to every subject.

How does someone like Arne Duncan keep getting more and more power? He is a total nut case.

Thanks for your insights!

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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