Rochester First – James Gilbert
“Teaching math has dramatically changed over the past few decades and parents are trying to keep up. A slump in math education through the early 21st century within the United States triggered the desire to improve how the country educated students in both math and language. That became known as the common core and was adopted by New York State in 2011. The common core is no exam or even curriculum. The focus is on guidelines that show where a student should be in his or her knowledge at a certain grade level.” (more)