My totally non-political sis-in-law is really up in arms about this, and so are many other parents in her area Suffolk Co. long island).
A couple of weeks ago there was an article about a Long Island school whose principal said he couldn’t understand why so many students who did so well in math last year are failing it this year under Common Core. He said they would have to go to remedial classes.
I hope the parents’ response to that directive is “Don’t waste my kid’s time on remedial math. He already knows how to do math. Change the curriculum.”