From The Huffington Post ... The year Sam started kindergarten, he turned 6 in October. He was one of the oldest children in his class, and he didn't know how to read. When he started first grade he was almost 7, and he still didn't know how to read. Fortunately for Sam, he entered first grade in 1999. And his teachers, Mrs. Gantt and Mrs. Floyd, didn't panic if a child didn't learn to read in kindergarten. In fact, they expected that most children would learn to read in first grade. (They also supported and encouraged children who learned to read easily in kindergarten, like Sam's brother Ben.) If Sam had started first grade this year, however, he probably would have been labelled … [Read more...]
An Engineer Discovers 3rd Grade Common Core Aligned Math. But What Does He Know? Not Much.
From Missouri Education Watchdog .... The graphic is from a website which goes beyond traditional math and supports reform math aka math aligned to Common Core standards. It states: "There are a few important things to note. Number one, the amount of attention “New Math” and “Common Core Math” has received in the media has been non stop and very negative. This leads to parents feeling frustrated with schools for not communicating this new shift in mathematical thinking. In some ways, this is a failure on our school system, but in other ways it is a lesson to not always believe everything we read/see in the media. Much of the information out there is false. For example, many parents … [Read more...]