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Blaming "common core" is kinda like blaming Ray Farmer for all of the Browns struggles 1999. He was bad, but everything's been a shitstorm in that time frame, it's kinda missing the point.ommon core is a mixed bag. I used to be really irritated w/ common core math as it's confusing af how they do it. However, ask me how to do large number math problems in my head, it's largely how common core math is explaining it.
800-457? In my head I go from 457 to 500 (43) then 500 to 800 (300) and add the two (43+300=343) and get my answer. They break up the leaps I made into smaller leaps that annoy me but the logic behind it is the same and can help offer another perspective to learning.
With that said, my oldest is 13 and came on in the middle of this. He was HOT that he had to show another way to do math that made no sense to him and how he processes after he'd already learned the legacy methods that resonated with him. He's also gifted in Math so its already tough to challenge him with advanced concepts let alone to bore him w/ alternative ones.
NCLB was really stupid. Even though it was under Bush's presidency, it passed by a huge margin from both parties, so appropriate blame goes all around. Race to the top and Common Core are just slight variations on NCLB, all with the same, stupid problems. ESSA is a tiny baby step in the right direction, but I don't see any real differences being made.
We could go on for a while about stuff I dislike about common core (there's good stuff in it, but stuff schools should be doing regardless). But Common Core is more just an extension of 15+ years of stupidity.
Part is testing. Part of it is that undergrad Education programs are pretty terrible. Teaching has a very high turnover rate because a.) teachers aren't prepared enough when they get their first job, which shouldn't happen because we're talking a pretty narrow field and b.) a decent chunk of teachers only go into the field because they don't know what else to major in. Education should be a harder course of study, and should work on attracting higher talented individuals to the field, IMO.I think teaching has suffered since my high school era w/ the advent of damn proficiency tests. Teaching shifted from teaching to satisfying metrics. In fact, I swear the biggest evil in all of our society is metrics. They take out the human element and lead to awful choices due to that missing context.