An architect of the Common Core says even though new standards emphasize the use of math tools, teachers don’t have to take off points if students solve problems a different way.
L.A. students aren’t sweating the multiplication problems due in class tomorrow — or, at least, the grade they get on the assignment. As KTLA-TV reports, a new Los Angeles Unified School District policy mandates homework assignments can’t be worth more than 10 percent of a student’s grade: Some teachers are concerned about the new policy [...]
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