A reaction of a parent to a sample subtraction assignment as guided by Common Core has gone viral. See here for some justification of the Common Core approach. It’s worth asking if students at this (age-seven) level are capable of the conceptual understanding assumed by the Common Core approach (allowing them to avoid memorizing and applying the “standard algorithm” that has been traditionally taught).
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