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The Pros And Cons Of Common Core

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Our Educational system is failing severely, however the biggest problem our system has is the program it uses called “Common Core”. Common core teaches children to use “critical thinking”. Therefore most believe that it is absurd. Math problems from elementary, middle, and high school have gone viral, and people are furious. Common core takes a math problem and makes it tricky, so you are focused on trying to figure out what it's asking or instead of getting straight to the answer. Also, Common Core makes it no longer necessary for kids to learn their multiplication tables. Instead, children are being taught to demonstrate it on a grid by coloring in the squares.Common Core also teaches kids at the same level. Think about it. If every child
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