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I'm a parent and have a STEM degree. My brother is a double PhD in chemistry and genetics. We've both looked at the CC math standards. They are excellent for teaching math reasoning, which is the most important part of math.

I find that the parents who are bitching about the CC math standards are generally poorly educated in math.  They don't understand math. They don't understand math reasoning. They are completely baffled by the math reasoning that their children are learning.  [b]I find that encouraging, because US training in math has been really terrible until now.[/b] I think the CC standards are excellent for teaching good math skills in a way that matches US culture (emphasis on critical thinking and outcomes, rather than rote learning) and creates the skills that STEM employers value (creative problem solving).[/quote]

+1 to the bolded.  People keep complaining how the CC is ruining math instruction-- guess what?  Math instruction has been horrible in this country for decades.  I was a kid who was good at math, always got As in math, and sailed through standardized tests in math.  When I tried to do calculus in college, I hit a complete brick wall.  I had no idea what any of it meant.  Statistics?  Forget it.  I had learned to plug numbers into algorithms just fine, but had never learned any math reasoning.[/quote]

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