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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/15/parents-rail-against-ridiculous-common-core-math-homework/
[b]Parents rail against 'ridiculous' Common Core math homework[/b]

Stacey Jacobson-Francis, 41, of Berkeley, California, said her daughter's[b] homework requires her to know four different ways to add.[/b]
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"That is way too much to ask of a first grad[/b]er," she said. "She can't remember them all, and I don't know them all, so we just do the best that we can."

[b]Stanford University mathematician James Milgram calls the reform math-inspired standards a "complete mess" -- too advanced for younger students, not nearly rigorous enough in the upper grades. And teachers, he contends, are largely ill-prepared to put the standards into practice.

"You are asking teachers to teach something that is incredibly complicated to kids who aren't ready for it," said Milgram, who voted against the standards as part of the committee that reviewed them. "If you don't think craziness will result, then you're being fundamentally naive."[/b][/quote]

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