3 Examples That Show How Common Core Is Destroying Math Education In America

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
Authored by Nathan Keeble via The Mises Institute,
High school seniors from all over the country considering the option of attending Reed College in Portland, Oregon have an amazing opportunity to apply for an all-expenses-paid program, including round-trip air travel, room and board, to visit campus ahead of the fall semester...there's just one catch: whites need not apply.
The program is called the "Discover Reed Fly-In Program," but if you're a poor person, who happens to also be white, then you're just shit out of luck.
Authored by Alice Salles via TheAntiMedia.org,
Chicago, Illinois, has a chronic inflated state problem disguised as a schooling problem. In order to eradicate the symptom, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has decided to attack those who suffer from it and not the actual root of the problem — adopting a classic “more of the same” approach.
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
One thing that almost everyone can agree upon is that our system of public education is broken. We spend far more money on public education than anyone else in the world, and yet the results are depressing to say the least.