Quote from: RE on Oct 06, 2023, 12:55 PMRight on cue. The elite further dummification of public education, as if it isn't bad enough already.The girls' school is in the process of reverting to basics. Whole language models and new math is out. It's hit and miss with the teachers though. Last year they both had hard core math teachers so it was long division, adding on paper, multiplications tables; basically what I learned as a kid. This year one of the teachers is in that mold the other is more word problem oriented. We drill them on multiplication tables and adding and subtracting in their heads. These things come in waves, hopefully yours retreats soon.
Of course, there really isn't any need for much math past counting to 10 on your fingers moving forward into the future, so why bother teaching it? Anyhow, it's been decades since any kids graduating 6th grade could add without using the calculator of their smartphones, so teaching algebra in high schools is a hopelessly frustrating task even if the HS Math teacher managed a C and passed it herself, so lets forget it and keep the kids entertained somehow. ::)
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/california-math-framework-algebra/675509/
California's Math Misadventure Is About to Go National
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