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Common Core: Not Even Trying to Make Sense

Posted on May 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Just when you thought that Common Core math problems couldn’t make less sense, something like the assignment below proves that they can make less sense. Common Core… pic.twitter.com/kekt3Zh6hH — Patrick Regan (@P_Daddy1) March 26, 2014      Clearly, the children are presumed … Continue reading →

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Common Core Confusion

Posted on April 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Yet another convoluted “Common Core” assignment intended to make things easier while doing the exact opposite has cropped up. Common core insanity for six year olds! How to go from simple to complex, in four steps.#mathmadness pic.twitter.com/GaTAVR1tHb — Amber Papadopoulos … Continue reading →

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Teacher Bullied for Questioning Common Core

Posted on April 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A Missouri elementary school teacher testified before the Missouri Senate education Committee on how she and others were bullied and threatened for daring to question the Common Core curricula being imposed. Tweet

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Common Core vs “Unfriendly Numbers”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A student is chided for not using “friendly numbers” in a “clever” new method of adding numbers: @Talkmaster a 2nd graders Common Core math homework. pic.twitter.com/mkGGVA0bJ1 — Sam Heath (@smheath11) March 25, 2014      Hat Tip: Twitchy. Tweet

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Common Core Adultery

Posted on April 4, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Now 8 year olds are learning about important topics with their reading comprehension Common Core lessons:  Adultery! Common core 8th graders and adultery pic.twitter.com/2aCK40Q525 — marc haig (@marchaig) March 28, 2014      Is there really no better literary text or other … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Making the Simple Complex

Posted on March 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Here is yet another example of Common Core assignments making simple math more “accessible.” Ridiculous #CommonCore examples. How do I math?pic.twitter.com/mlzAb9l86b — Kim (@JBaileysMom) March 22, 2014      There are many problems with this.  While it is a convenient “trick” and … Continue reading →

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Common Core Bonds in a Knot

Posted on March 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Some of the major problems with Common Core is that the materials are made by people who don’t understand what is being taught, teachers who don’t know how to teach it, and the use of jargon that makes Cockney rhyming … Continue reading →

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What is Common Core?

Posted on February 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Over at Breitbart, Merrill Hope gives a good summary of Common Core, and exactly why parents should be wary of it.      So, just what is Common Core? “Common Core is like the convoluted plotline of a daytime drama, impossible to … Continue reading →

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Common Core Cult of Personality

Posted on December 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     If there were any doubt as to the indoctrination of children in the “publik skewls” via “Common Core” materials, it has now been swept away: @AuthorAnnBaker Look at question 10 from a #CommonCore workbook. @rileysomething @defendressofsan pic.twitter.com/PcK0u15Dzh — ellymarie (@ellymarie3) … Continue reading →

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Common Core: A Progressive “Map of Time”

Posted on December 27, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Dear Progressives, please tell us again how Common Core material isn’t politically biased… A "Map of Time" image from my daughter's AP World History book. Read the list, I dare you… #CommonCore #tcot pic.twitter.com/4BOTzyKSRS — The Patriot Guard (@PatriotGuardUSA) December … Continue reading →

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