Why parents struggle with Common Core math: “The diagrams are absolutely insane.”

San Jose Mercury News ^ | June 17, 2018 | Karen D'Souza

[BobL]

“Nice racket they got there. “

Absolutely:
1) Give kids methods to do problems which don’t make sense
2) Watch the kids struggle and ‘fail’ at it
3) Tell the parents that their kids are ‘learning impaired’

[BradyLS]

It’s just a way to arrive at an approximate answer. But, like I said, it’s no way to teach it. Teach it the right way!

[wintertime]

I likely have the earliest editions of these books so they have probably improved.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Plus "properly" establishing the intellectual hierarchy between parent and teacher.

Most teachers are not intellectually gifted but are assumed to be.

[cynwoody]

And you lied. There is no one named cynwoody at that phone number.

Given you took the trouble to suss out that fact, you are likely in a position to list those gozintas!