This is just a small part of a presentation on Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Math. It was done for Education Design for Learning Environments course at NYU. Presented on 09/24

1. Responses
Common Core State Standards in
Mathematics (CCSSM)

6. G ⇒ States Joing Common Core
F ⇒ “Core Implementation Planning”
E ⇒ Washington Post Article
D ⇒ Kansas Discussion
C ⇒ Chicago Discussions
B ⇒ Indiana Drops Standards
A ⇒ Indiana Approves Replacement

7. WHAT IS B?

8. 823,461

9. 9+1 = 10 ⇒ 10+5 = 15

10. Controversy generates public

12. Critical Responses
● Emotional debate
● Too simple / too complicated
● Top-down implementation
● Traditional ways are efficient ways

13. Arkansas Mother Obliterates Common Core in 4 Minutes!
Arkansas Mother Obliterates Common Core in 4 Minutes!

14. Lists
The Ten Dumbest Common Core Problems (National Review)
A ridiculous Common Core test for first graders (Washington Post)
10 Common Core exercises that will make you tear your hair out (The Blaze)
Top Ten Things Parents Hate About Common Core (The Federalist)
What about a list of “dumbest exercises” in “traditional” Math?

19. Supportive Responses
● Why learn Math in 2014? Focus on PROCESSES.
○ Greater focus on fewer topics
○ Coherence: thinking across topics
● People hate it for political reasons
○ Conservative: federally mandated, so it’s bad.
○ Liberal: it’s tied to testing, so it’s bad.
● Not only technology, but inquiry, research, problem-solve, etc.
● Local reasoning makes it easier to code.

20. “We need Americans like you to master the tools in technology”

22. The new common standards offer the kind of
mathematics instruction we see in the top-achieving
nations, where students learn to master a few topics
each year before moving on to more advanced
mathematics.
Michigan State University's
Distinguished Professor William Schmidt

23. Academic(-ish)
Supporters respond to quiz that went viral
A Common-Sense Approach to the Common Core Math Standards
Curricular Coherence and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Common Core math: Sioux Falls students are more engaged
The common core FAQ, by NPR

24. Kids are being asked to perform the same
old equations — but they're being taught
new ways of arriving at the old answers