Mathematician Takes Issue With Common Core
I’m pretty sure everyone but the creators of Common Core recognizes that Common Core promotes mediocre standards at best.
Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Mathematically Challenged Common Core
The roster of actual mathematicians taking issue with the math in Common Core grows. “In mathematics, mastery of several calculation skills is delayed by one or two grade levels when compared with the standards recommended by the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP),” David V. Anderson writes in Replacing Common Core With Proven Standards of Excellence, a study published by the Heartland Institute. “Common Core specifies only three years of high school mathematics, compared to the traditional four years of instruction recommended by NMAP.”
Anderson is a retired research physicist and fellow of the American Physical Society who has taught high school math and physics. “In other words, Common Core proposes 11 easy years of instruction in mathematics that will fall short of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel’s recommended 12 years of intensive work,” Anderson avers elsewhere in the pamphlet.
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Tongue in cheek, I would guess that the supporters of Common Core believe math is hard, so making it easy is the right thing to do. With the emphasis on STEM education preparing students for STEM professions, dumbing down math education, and high school courses like physics and chemistry that require math skills, serves neither students nor taxpayers nor society.