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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not PP - but I think the issue is that there are[b] a lot of kid in K-2 math who are learning nothing and not being challenged.[/b]  The premise of 2.0 and Common Core is that these kids will get deeper more challenging problems using the basic concepts covered at grade level - but the reality is that this is not happening.  And to be honest - you can only go "so deep" into addition and subtraction even with multistep word problems that use logic.    [/quote]

If they are learning nothing and not being challenged, then they already learned it somewhere else. Where and why?

If they didn't already learn it somewhere else, then they are learning something. Maybe not as much as their parents might want, but something.

Another question is -- what is the goal here? The "appalling K-2 math" is going to get on-grade-level kids to Algebra I in 8th grade and Calculus I in 12th grade, and accelerated kids to Algebra I in 7th grade and Calculus I in 11th grade. How many years of college math do you think kids should get in high school?[/quote]

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