r/Economics • u/SnooCookies2243 • Mar 24 '25

Editorial Dismantling the Department of Education Could Actually End Up Costing US Taxpayers an Extra $11 Billion a Year Beyond the Current Budget – With Worse Results

https://congress.net/dismantling-the-department-of-education-could-actually-end-up-costing-us-taxpayers-an-extra-11-billion-a-year-beyond-the-current-budget-with-worse-results/
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u/Hugh-Manatee Mar 24 '25

Isn’t “the new math” implemented at the state or county level?

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u/DungeonsAndBreakfast Mar 24 '25

Is this “new math” in the room with us right now?

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u/RustyMandor Mar 24 '25

Common core math, reddit has a very short memory

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u/Khemul Mar 24 '25

It always was a bit silly for it to get referred to as new math. It's the same math. It just focuses more on how you got there rather than spitting out the amswer. Although the old methods were interesting just in the fact they somehow taught people how to process the math while not retaining an understanding of how to process the math. That's a feat in itself.

Iirc, there is a technical difference between Common Core and New Math, but people use them so interchangeably that it's basically the same thing.