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[quote=Anonymous]In California:
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-12-26/changing-classes-concern-for-parents-teachers-administrators-say-common-core-standards-reason-for-modifications/1776425135624.html

Changing classes concern for parents, teachers: Administrators say Common Core standards reason for modifications
December 26, 2014, 05:00 AM By Angela Swartz Daily Journal

Parents are still concerned about losing math as they know it at the middle school level, but school officials say math is just not the same with the new Common Core standards.

When parents in the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District found out most of their children will no longer be taking algebra or geometry in middle school, they contacted the district stating they wanted the classes to still be available so their children wouldn’t be left bored or miss out on opportunities to take Advanced Placement math classes like calculus in high school. Some parents were displeased with how the district responded to the concerns about math at a recent board meeting.

“Everyone was just stunned the district said, ‘Trust the district and this process,’” said Highlands Elementary School parent Nancy Hsieh. “We have asked them for a dialogue forum. We didn’t think they’d say, ‘Sure we’ll keep geometry.’ It’s important to have dialogue on an ongoing basis; that was the big disappointment.”

She notes that with the new state Common Core standards that shift to more technology in the classroom and project-based learning, there’s confusion that algebra and geometry are the same as they were before.

“They’re not in even the same courses,” Going said. “Standards in the old geometry course have been mostly pushed down into seventh- and eighth-grade. The old course of pre-algebra doesn’t even exist anymore. One of things we’re (the district) working on is document that shows each of the standards taught in each of those courses. When parents understand that they see having a student take half of math high school career within their middle school is an awful lot of mathematics.” [/quote]

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