Blog Math Education in Jeopardy Share This Post Education / Government / National News Math Education in Jeopardy By redkudzu_admin on May 15th 2016 No Comments / 139 views Jay Matthews at The Washington Post wrote another piece about the crisis in our nation’s math instruction under Common Core. In his article he quotes a parent who happens to be a college chemistry professor. John Fourkas, both a parent and a University of Maryland chemistry professor, said much of the Common Core-based math curriculum seems to him “completely disjointed, focusing too much on specialized vocabulary.” He said there is “not enough repetition of key skills as new topics are introduced.” “Our son has had the misfortune of being on the leading edge of the reform, and so every year there is a new curriculum with which the teachers are not familiar,” Fourkas said. “Our son is in Algebra 2 this year, and I give them great credit for learning from their mistakes and designing a curriculum that is far more coherent.” Matthews also discusses parental frustrations with the delay of algebra. read Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Common Core Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles Nation’s Top Teacher Resigning Over Common Core February 13th 2015 John Stossel – Common Core February 16th 2015 Note to Common Core/ESSA Proponents: You are the Gurus of Fake News. January 4th 2017