Arkansas Mother Obliterates Common Core in 4 Minutes!

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6. She just describes a math problem, and incorrectly claims there's only one correct answer process.

One of the math examples she gave to board members during the meeting, was this: A class has 18 students. If the class counts around by a number and ends up with 90, what number did they count by?

You could divide 90 by 18 and get the number 5, but Lamoreaux says to get the problem right, students must draw out 18 circles, representing the students, and mark each circle until they reach 90. There would be 5 marks in each circle, which would be the correct answer.

Lameroux says student must do more than 100 steps to get that problem right.

But folks with the Board of Education say that's not the case and they're just teaching children different ways to solve the same problems.

Dr. Megan Witonski, Asst. Commissioner of Learning Services, said, "We want children to be able to think in multiple ways, yes that is one way you can answer the problem, there may be another way you can have the same answer with the same result and still work with that same problem."

Dr. Witonski says Common Core prepares students for life in the real world.

http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/common-core-both-sides-of-the-debate/d/story/mSy1mEzVzUC44SAyqNO0hQ

Lameroux has become quite the right wing media darling, appearing on Glenn Beck's show and having her video go viral on right wing sites. A lot of right wingers hate Common Core because they hate anything the Obama administration endorses. There may or may not be problems with Common Core, but this video is not a reasoned critique of Common Core.