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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, common core is the bare minimum broken down into crazy multistep strategies that are useful to kids who struggle comprehending even basic facts and completely unnecessary for the average student. In short, it's not helping the majority of students, and teachers and most parents realize that. Most parents are supplementing math at home or with tutors. [/quote]

I disagree.  The curriculum my daughter's school has adopted to help the students meet the demands of Common Core (she's in 3rd grade) seems much better than what my son had in that grade.

For one thing, her teacher is stressing mastery of the times tables -- they are even doing fluency drills (timed tests) every single week.

For another thing, they are spending a lot more time on fractions.   They aren't just shading in parts of a circle.  They are locating fractions on a number line, and are doing a lot more work with equivalent fractions than my son ever did.   They are basically using fractions in far more ways, and in more word problems.

There are other benefits I see as well.   I'm certainly not seeing "crazy multi-step strategies".   She is being asked to solve two step word problems, but that is just how you have to solve some problems.   For example, "How many more kids play baseball or soccer, than play volleyball?"   (after reading a chart -- you have to add baseball and soccer players -- then subtract from that sum, the number of kids who play volleyball."

So, so far, I like it.  At least, in my child's school.[/quote]

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