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femmocrat

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6. Excellent article! Thanks!

Reply to greatlaurel (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 09:19 PM

Sep 2014

I used to have to "volunteer" for after-school tutoring. I was the art teacher. I had no clue how to teach the math that they were assigned. Yes, I could do the math problems in my head or the "old-fashioned" way, but was completely at a loss about the methods of problem-solving that were being taught.

I have also seen children crying during the standardized tests because they get so frustrated. There is too much pressure on little kids today.

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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