[dsc]

My 4th grader’s teacher is hyped up on some kind of new math.

It’s not working. The math test score is trending steeply downward. I’ll be stepping in.

[surrey]

My 13 year old grandson, in MA, is one of those kids that finds Math quite easy. He hates this system. He can can the answer in his head most of the time but has to show all of the steps. My 10 year old grand daughter, in CA, cries while doing her Math because it frustrates her so.

[SoConPubbie]

It’s not working. The math test score is trending steeply downward. I’ll be stepping in.

My Wife, a Reading Specialist for the City of Anaheim Elementary school district here in California, states the following:

1. Common Core is universally despised by ALL of the teachers.
2. All references to the founding of our country have been removed and replaced with the grievances experienced by various "minorities"
3. The amount of busy work, or the load put on their shoulders has increased to the point of breaking almost all of the teachers, especially those that care about doing a good job.
4. She, and the other teachers, give it no more than 3 years before it fails like all of the other fad education crap that has been foisted on Education here in the US.

[Flick Lives]

My 4th grader’s teacher is hyped up on some kind of new math.

My 4th grader’s teacher is hyped up on some kind of new math meth.

[Mase]

We're dealing with the same crap with my 4th grader. The example above has turned 30 minutes of homework into hours of homework. The result is that the kids end up hating math - exactly the opposite of what the new standards were supposed to promote. It's also dumbing them down. My 4th grader is three chapters behind where his brother was at the same time when he did 4th grade just three years ago.

The real problem with CC comes when you find the time to look at social studies or what passes for sex education. The books they use to sexualize such young children will make you want to get your gun. The next School Board meeting should be quite the event.