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Conservatives Hate These Things Because Liberals Like Them
"Common Core,” the name for a set of national education standards, is the latest rallying cry for right-wing activists. Derided as “Obamacore,” it’s been attacked as a government attempt to usurp local...
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Louis C.K. Goes On Amazing Twitter Rant Over Common Core Standards
Louis C.K. is right: Everything about math homework sucks. Since I was an English major in college, I haven’t had to do math homework in, like, 10 years. But still, those meaningless symbols still...
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Kids Who Don't Learn Handwriting Are Less Smart
Handwriting is largely viewed as an outdated skill: typing offers more efficient ease to teachers and students alike.The new Common Core standards, adopted in most states, only includes teaching of...
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There's An Amazing Way To Do Multiplication That's Better Than How You...
A new way to teach elementary school students multiplication is causing some controversy — but it may be easier than the method you probably learned in school.You probably learned multiplication...
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6th-Graders Found A Clever Way To Protest The Common Core Test
A group of Massachusetts sixth-graders forced to do a trial run of a new Common Core test has sent a letter to national and state education officials requesting payment for their work.The controversial...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal Is Trying To Drop 'Common Core' Education Standards In...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal outlined plans on Wednesday to remove Louisiana schools from the Common Core English and math education standards that he helped usher in four...
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Louisiana's Outspoken Governor Is Waging War Against The Common Core
Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal promised this week that his state will drop the national education standards known as the Common Core State Standards, but The New York Times reports that...
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INNER CITY TEACHER: Common Core Won't Work For Underprivileged Kids
Amid a heated debate over the Common Core rollout across the U.S., one teacher says the new education standards can get in the way of helping underprivileged students.Emma O. taught at a public school...
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This May Be The Biggest Problem With America's 'Common Core' Education...
The Common Core — a set of education standards adopted by nearly every U.S. state — was built on the idea that students should be able to think critically rather than just memorize material for...
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These Test Questions Show How Math Has Totally Changed Since You Were In School
The Common Core has come under fire by parents who say the new education standards make math needlessly complicated.Schools have adopted new ways of teaching subtraction and multiplication, and parents...
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Why The 'Weird' New Way Of Teaching Math Is So Much Better For Your Kids
People who teach math, like me, hate it when students ask us, “When am I going to use this?,” we don’t hate it because it’s a bad question. We hate it because it’s a really good question, and one that...
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This Might Be The Reason A Lot Of Americans Are Still Bad At Math
Parents and teachers across the country are freaking out over the new Common Core education standards, which encourage a different way of teaching math.Teachers are now told to focus on comprehension...
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Educators Are Slamming The New Common Core Tests
SAUGUS, MASS. — In a red-brick school administration building here, parents and community members are listening to a panel discussion about the new Common Core-aligned test coming this year – and, in...
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Is Suing The Obama Administration To Take...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Obama administration, accusing it of illegally manipulating federal grant money and regulations to force states to adopt...
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Conservatives Are Going Ballistic Over This Subtraction Problem Found In A...
The Common Core math standards are a topic of hot controversy, especially on the right. The Daily Signal, a news and commentary site started by the Heritage Foundation, recently featured this picture...
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This New Way To Do Multiplication Is Simpler Than What You Learned In School
The latest controversy over the Common Core education standards involves a new approach to subtraction that conservatives say is unfairly replacing tried and true methods of basic math.A new way to...
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Soon, Kids Will Take Common Core Tests In School On Computers
MANHATTAN — Bubble sheets and No. 2 pencils could soon be a thing of the past.Elementary school students in New York City will soon take the state's high-stakes Common Core exams on computers rather...
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Here's What Teachers Really Think Of America's Controversial Education Standards
The Common Core has been a major point of contention among American educators over the past few years.Some say applying one set of educational standards — which is what the Common Core is at its heart...
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These Test Questions Show How Math Has Totally Changed Since You Were In School
The Common Core's approach to math has proved among the most contentious aspects of the controversial national teaching standards. In short, the new methods for addition and multiplication — namely,...
View Article100-Year-Old Math Teacher Slams The 'Common Core' Method
Madeline Scotto has gone through a lot of math teaching methods.At age 100, she still teaches at Brooklyn's St. Ephrem's School. We talked with Madeline and no other approach to mathematics has caused...
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