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Common Core Math; From a Math Professor's View

Thanks to S Parent for bringing this to our attention.  From the Wall Street Journal and UC Berkeley math professor, Marina Ratner, I think it is one swell piece of writing that - in a straight-forward manner - explains why Common Core is deeply flawed.  Ms. Ratner is professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. She was awarded the international Ostrowski Prize in 1993 and received the John J. Carty Award from the National Academy of Sciences, of which she is a member, in 1994.  I loved this part at the beginning of the article: As a mathematician I was intrigued, thinking that there must be something rea...

Mapping Student Progress

Useful map from Education Next on how U.S. students perform vis a vis each other and students in other countries.  Massachusetts comes out #1 in three out of the four percentages of students and 6th in the world. Washington State comes out in the middle of the pack internationally and 12th overall for the U.S.