I teach 4th grade Math. This year at our Open House night, I had to prove to several parents that we don’t use Common Core lessons or curriculum. I don’t blame them. From what I’ve seen, Common Core math does nothing but confuse kids. I just started teaching them long division last week, and I shudder at the thought of my kiddos trying to learn it using Common Core strategies. If I won’t subject my own kids to it, I sure as heck won’t to other children either.
“I teach 4th grade Math. This year at our Open House night, I had to prove to several parents that we don’t use Common Core lessons or curriculum.”
Fantastic! Good for you and your school system for not using the Ebonics of education, and good for the parents demanding that you don’t.