Cartoon 103: Common Core math

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Lila Ettedgui-Scott

Taking common core math classes often feels like teachers expect you to come up with mathematical concepts that took mathematicians decades to discover instead of teaching students the material in a direct way. The absence of direct instruction, especially as math becomes progressively more complicated, makes it hard to learn.

Lila Ettedgui-Scott, Writer

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