Common Core and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Way to do Math
It astounds veteran teachers.
It confuses parents trying to help their children.
It is longer and more complicated.
It appears to be out of Abbott and Costello meets The Three Stooges.
None of the school board members or the superintendents could do Math this way.
Neither could principals, assistants or deans.
Math is a universal language; I have seen elementary students new to this country who don’t speak or read English do their Math problems.
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