Posted on 03/24/2014 5:35:55 AM PDT by cotton1706
Edited on 03/24/2014 7:39:24 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)
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Its political because we know OBAMA did this. He took over healthcare and now education. They teach liberal left wing ideology and ‘fuzzy math’....keep your kids away from public education if you can.
Indiana has just voted to reject Common Core. Indiana will develop out own standards written by Indiana.
Already signed by Gov Pence.
Good!
“Indiana has just voted to reject Common Core. Indiana will develop out own standards written by Indiana.”
Oh, that finally happened? Good!
I was trying to help my friend’s son with fractions a few weeks ago. They apparently don’t teach the times tables anymore. They use blocks to get the fraction concepts across, which is fine, but it doesn’t help when the kids don’t know how many times what goes into what.
I learned fractions over 30 years ago and can still do them, without any problem. In 30 years, these kids will be lost without their little picture blocks.
I’m getting my friend’s son a times table chart.
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