Fantabulous…if you ask the average high school kid how to figure out 10% off, can they do it? I have witnessed many who stand and think just a little to long for my comfort when confronted by such a daunting task.
And do I note a link to Annenberg Challenge of Ayers notoriety?
Plus the Chicago Gay High School of Arne Duncan fabulousity? I will pass.
Wake up America. The New Math has sucked the big one for a very long time. Ask your grandfather what 10% less is off any number, and I will bet he can tell you in a nanosecond. Take a walk balk in time 100 years ago and look at how well a high school graduate was to enter the job market.
In 2007, only 17 percent of eighth graders tested at or above grade level in reading in Chicago Public Schools – the school system administered by Arne Duncan since 2001.
What does Lucy of Peanuts say, “argh!”
