This is the title of an article in the Wall Street Journal on August 6, 2014 written by Marina Ratner. She tells the story as a grandmother of a boy starting 6th grade in Berkeley, CA.
California has been know for having some of the highest math standards in the nation. But now a lead writer of mathematics standard, Jason Zimba States, "the new standards wouldn't prepare students for colleges to which 'most parents aspire' to send their children."
Now there is a fear, because in the upper math classes have lower expectations for students with the new common core. Now students might not have the skills to succeed in college math classes.
Two things I have experienced with the new common core.
1. If your child has trouble reading, they will now to poorly in math as well. The new common core has many more word problems. Math use to be an universal language. Students without an English background could still succeed in school in math. Now with so many word problems the universal language of math is gone.
2. If your child hates busy work, they will not do well in the the new common core math. They must draw visual representations about what the math means. They draw, draw, and draw. "Simple concepts are made artificially intricate and complex with the pretense of being deeper--while the actual content taught was primitive."
So as parents, you might want to purchase textbooks such as Algebra one and Two, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus. Think about which college you would like your child to attend. Check out the math courses they will need to get a degree. Hire a tutor to help them learn the math that public schools will no longer be teaching.
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