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It is absolutely not a Common Core hit piece! The teacher talks about how providing context (teaching!) allowed Common Core material to provide a very worthwhile lesson.

"If we are to truly make progress in getting our students to understand the concepts presented in the Common Core to the depth intended we must help them learn to stop looking for a right answer and start looking for a right reason."

Talking to a lot of teachers it is often not the provided Core material that is the issue, but not having enough time to actually provide the structure and context to help the kids internalize why any of it is important. It's also not a surprise that is the case, given that at least where I live (California) the school year is measurably shorter and class sizes are measurably bigger than they were when I was in the same grades.

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Oops, I missed the paragraph under the last picture. I know a few educators at a private school, and they said the hardest part is proving that the classes they already teach cover the Common Core requirements. Admittedly, they have much smaller classes than public schools.