100-year-old math teacher blasts “Common Core” math

Business Insider interviewed a 100-year-old math teacher who said the Common Core method for teaching math was horrible:

Madeline Scotto has gone through a lot of math teaching methods.

At age 100, she still teaches at Brooklyn’s St. Ephrem’s School.

We talked with Madeline and no other approach to mathematics has caused her more concern than Common Core.

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