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Common Core Math: The Right Answer is Wrong – The Wrong Answer is Right

Posted on October 30, 2015 by The Political Hat

     In this brave new world of mathematics, giving the correct answer is punished, and giving an incorrect answer is rewarded. I can't believe that this stuff is real. I just can't. #CommonCore #StopCommonCore #WakeUpAmerica #tcot #PJNET pic.twitter.com/rhUQ9HK3cg — #MakeDCListen™(R-VA) (@RickCanton) October 20, … Continue reading →

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Common Core Economics: All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state

Posted on September 30, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Apparently elementary school children are being taught that jobs are created by government programs, with no other source of job creation being even considered.      Modern Day Progressives, doing the job that neither the Stalinists nor National Socialists could… Tweet

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Common Core in Jeopardy

Posted on December 18, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Remember how the Common Core math was supposed to create a plethora of super-genius kids who toss aside rote memorization so as to achieve the almost-Gnostic truth of math, and be so able to become paragons of mathematics?      Let’s see … Continue reading →

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Knee-Jerk Reactions and Common Core

Posted on December 11, 2014 by The Political Hat

     There are many things about Common Core to complain about, especially when it comes to the insane mathematics they use.      However, one should be careful to not condemn any school material in a knee-jerk way.  For example, Erick Erickson of … Continue reading →

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Common Core Decomposing Nonsense

Posted on October 14, 2014 by The Political Hat

     After being exposed to the horror that is Common Core math, the decomposing of numbers rises again: I did not hate 1st grade common core math. Stumped by 2nd grade on day 7. It is me? Math major. @NYSAPE pic.twitter.com/NNptkHYsMy — CarmenDelessio … Continue reading →

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Common Core with Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti

Posted on September 29, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Greg Gutfeld recently opined on the insanity that is Common Core: “So let’s get this straight. Nine plus six is so scary that we must partner nine, then anchor 10 and decompose six. “Partner, anchor, decompose. That’s not math. That’s … Continue reading →

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Unveiling Common Core

Posted on July 1, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Some not-to-pleasant facts regarding the implementation of the “Common Core” standards, from one of the people who was to oversee the validation of those standards. Tweet

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Common Core at 451 Degrees Fahrenheit

Posted on May 26, 2014 by The Political Hat

     While the examples of Common Core insanity have typically involved simple math, since they are the most blatant example, the mutation of standards as they apply to reading have been most insidious.      How insidious?  A wholesale condemnation of books.  That … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Common Core, You Too Can Add 14 + 4 in SIX Steps

Posted on May 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Adding fourteen and four should be easy, right?  Thanks to Common Core, it has been simplified to only six steps, as well as nine sub-steps. Part 1 of my 1st grader's "how to do addition" tutorial for parents. 6 steps … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Connecting the Dots

Posted on May 7, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Proof that all is not doomed in America:  15 year old Patrick Richardson connects the dots and explains “Common Core” better than most adults.      “Common Core” isn’t about creating a nation of educational super-men (or women or non-gender specific person). … Continue reading →

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