(Hour 3a) Our humble host gave some examples of actual Common Core math problems where the actual solution isn’t enough – students need to explain HOW they did the math. AND the story of a South Dakota girl who got the problem right, but didn’t get full credit because of her poor explanation of HOW. OH MY HEAD! Thank God for Al, he helped us clear our heads with his entertaining weekend forecast and an update on Hurricane Karen.
If you want to know why everything is ‘upside down’ in education, read the book ‘Turning of the Tides’ by Snow and Shafer. It’s an eye opening look into what the Fabian socialists had planned for our educational system since the 1920s. And I daresay they have accomplished it.