All I know is that my local parochial school is using the common core math as MANDATED by Obama through the Ed Department and I do not even understand the questions in some of my 1st grade sons math homework. I learned math at the same school forty + years ago so well that I tested out of two years of Math in one of the best prep schools in the state and was doing college level math.
There have been so many complaints that the teachers have sent more than one letter home and they have only had school for two months.
Remember, this is 1st grade math in an expensive Catholic School where a vast majority of the parents are professional college educated high earners. We can’t even figure out what they are asking for!
Like everything else Obama related it is a train wreck!
That the parents are educated and affluent doesn't mean they spend much time trying to be good parents. I know there are good kids from good homes attending private schools but I've seen a lot of rotten kids in private schools.
As it pertains to CC, having curricula standards is a good thing. When kids repeatedly do poorly on the tests yet they continually get passing grades by their teachers, you know which teachers are just going through motions and moving kids along through the system.