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Posted by Pan Times on May 17, 2014 at 5:13pm in Commentary

This is not Pan related, but I could not resist.. After-all, music is built on math, what next...

"SATAN'S HANDIWORK" BRINGS KIDS, PARENTS TO TEARS

If you thought grade-school math was easy -- think again. Thanks to national Common Core standards, simple arithmetic isn't so simple anymore: http://bit.ly/1iPt9E4

Virginia's currently one of only six states yet to adopt these Common Core standards.

PARENTS: Do you want to see these implemented in your child's classroom?

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  • Cecil hinkson May 18, 2014 at 9:18am

    Living proof that all change might not be GOOD change.

  • Leelee May 17, 2014 at 9:30pm
    I agree Brenda. As a teacher and a mathematician, this is NOT how I teach my students. And yes. ... They are EXTREMELY successful!
  • Cecil hinkson May 17, 2014 at 6:52pm

    Kids today will learn anything you put in front them. The big joke here is grown educated people sat down and come up with this new method.

  • Urban Pan May 17, 2014 at 5:40pm

    WTH.......  this is why the US schools are so behind schools in the UK, Europe and the Caribbean....kids being setup to fail with math that makes no "Common" sense......another reason why music theory is so important.

  • Bertel Gittens May 17, 2014 at 5:31pm

    Most new ways are always beyond my understanding.

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