How does the common core affect adult ed, if at all?

[Eric Connally]

I teach college algebra and precalculus at the Harvard Extension School, where I have many adult students (as well as a number of high school and home-schooled students). I’ve been wondering to what extent the standards should inform the curriculum, since these topics are traditionally covered in high school.

[Bill McCallum]

Great question, Eric. I think the standards have a lot to offer for adult education in Algebra. At least some of the students in adult education are there because they either didn’t get (or are not getting) something out of their high school experience. The standards emphasize a coherent viewpoint of Algebra which might help them where manipulating symbols without meaning did not.

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