Whole language, whole math, group learning, guessing, Earth worship, social justice, etc. etc etc. have been crammed into kids heads for thirty years and NOW the best and brightest are being hurt? Bah.
I have a nephew suffering through whole math. My Lord, how infuriating. Estimating because they refuse to force memorization of single digit operations, using calculators in third grade. Kids taught that way will never be able to move on to higher levels.
Whole language, whole math, group learning, guessing, Earth worship, social justice, etc. etc etc. have been crammed into kids heads for thirty years and NOW the best and brightest are being hurt? Bah.
I haven't seen those for years in the schools I've been associated with, but then it is different I imagine in other places.