Friday, July 27, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core, Lattice Math Problems and a Parent's Frustration

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core, Lattice Math Problems and a Parent's Frustration:


Common Core, Lattice Math Problems and a Parent's Frustration

Just wait until you see the Math lattice problem.




I got a chuckle when I read this from e cards.  How many of you remember word problems in Math that didn't seem to make sense?

A blog on educational matters, Learning in Maine, had an article extolling Common Core math standards.  The readers took exception to some of the writer's praises about Common Core's strengths (according to the writer) in an extraordinary and thoughtful manner.  This comment on how math works, or doesn't, is worth pondering:

As a parent with a minor in Biology and dad who works remotely as an IT Security Consultant (and who