Ariz. senator opposes Common Core because 'fuzzy math' substitutes letters for some numbers (!?) [View all]

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Source: Capitol Media Services

Ignoring pleas from business leaders, the Senate Education Committee voted 6-3 along party lines Thursday to bar Arizona from implementing the Common Core standards the state adopted just four years earlier.

Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, who championed SB 1310, said he does not doubt that the concept of some nationally recognized standards started out as a "pretty admirable pursuit by the private sector and governors.''

... Melvin's opposition led Sen. David Bradley, D-Tucson, to question him as to whether he's actually read the Common Core standards that have been adopted by 45 states.

"I've been exposed to them,'' Melvin responded.

Pressed by Bradley for specifics, Melvin said he understands that "some of the reading material is borderline pornographic.'' And he said the program uses "fuzzy math,'' substituting letters for numbers in some examples.

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Has the esteemed gentleman from Arizona ever heard of freakin' ALGEBRA, Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch!!