Education Week – Liana Heitin
“While the K-8 common-core mathematics standards have garnered praise from many mathematicians and math educators, even some of the most ardent supporters of the Common Core State Standards agree that the high school math standards have weaknesses and should be revisited. There’s less agreement, though, on exactly where the high school standards fall short: Some say they’re too dense, while others argue they don’t adequately prepare students for college. Still others point to specific skills the standards fail to address. One expert even claims that a standard is completely missing from the published document—one that was there in the drafts.”(more)