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The Daily Signal
6 Steps to
Subtract 2 Numbers: Common Core Homework in 1 Photo
Kelsey Harris
October 02, 2014
For third-graders learning Common Core math in Georgia, there are four
ways to subtract—and only four ways allowed. The picture above is just
one of the methods for subtraction under Common Core straight from
RedState editor in chief Erick Erickson’s third-grade daughter’s math
book. Missing from the four methods: borrowing and carrying numbers.
You know, the
old-fashioned-taught-the-same-way-for-decades-granny-method-not-approved-by-bureaucrats
subtraction.
According to this third-grade textbook, students must take about six
steps (at minimum, depending how you count) to subtract just two
numbers. And if you don’t show your work, circle the right numbers and
“count up” correctly, you haven’t proven that you’ve mastered the “why”
of the problem.
In a previous post where I highlighted two “Homework Helper” videos a
local news station broadcast because parents were struggling with their
children’s Common Core homework, it’s clear memorization is
out—explaining the “why” is in.
I’d love to see some more techniques for problems formerly referred to
as “simple” math. Please leave your own pictures of Common Core
homework in the comments and share this absurdity with your friends...
Read the rest of the article at The Daily Signal
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