I think either our college kids are very dumb or very lazy.

[rockyct]

The Common Core thinking should actually improve the caliber of people, if we can get teachers to adopt better methods of teaching, especially in math. The goals of the Common Core are to teach people the concepts so they can apply them to new, unique situations, not simple rote memorization, where they'll fall flat when they encounter a new problem.

An interesting article on the current problems of math education in the US: link

That is quite fascinating. It's sad that our education system is actively working against itself as well as being attacked from politicians.

 

[shortylickens]

Why are they trying to find the slope of a line in statistics? I remember that from 7th grade Algebra.

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally helps kids remember order of operations.

Single and Multiple regression.