Welcome tohe special class action, a loo at education in the bay area and yond. Were going to srt tonight with the core, theommon co. It m have already started i your class. Schools the bay area are introducing ose common standards this fall called common core standards. The common core haseen widely adopted in theay area butot withou controversy. Could i count by 2s if want to . Yes, i could do each square by two. Matt class is different this ar in Lincoln High School in san se. Lots and lotsf word problems. In the past most of us would have spent a couple ofays on the basic skull and then maybe one d at the end of the chapter on a word problem and then go on to the next topic. Whereas now were doing word problems ery day. Word prlems are central t the common ce standard, tionwide guidelines rolling out in the b area schools. They like a total change. Califora is one of 45 states that have adopted the common core an early this year governor bwn set aside1. 25 billn to implement it. It