I will admit that, until a month ago, Common Core was just a sticker on our math workbooks. I rolled my eyes at it - true- but I ignored it. After all: I teach math the way I was taught, and these books give me the examples for my kids to work. Why do I care what the (admittedly brief) explanations at the top of each page say?
A friend was kind enough to explain to me that there is FAR MORE to this issue than just more sad educational pedagogies. And I started my research.
The results are awful, and impact ALL of us.
