I had a long talk with a relative who is a teacher about this last night.
She does’t understand it, either (I mean, doesn’t understand “why”, except that “they” want it this way).
I pulled my 9 year old out of public school earlier this year, mostly over Everyday Math. I really do think that one of the major objectives is to make it impossible for parents to help with the math homework, showing the child that parents are an unreliable resource (and not just about math).
in addition, this is creating tremendous stress for the students whose parents are unable to help, teachers who cannot provide enough one-on-one help, as well as frequent age-inappropriate testing especially in math and language arts