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Parents Have Uncommon Trouble Helping With Common Core Homework

Matthew Hinton
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New Orleans Advocate
Belle Chasse Primary School fourth grade teacher Vickie Nagin reviews a Common Core-aligned math problem with parents at the school.

The Common Core standards teach classroom fundamentals in new ways, with a goal of deeper understanding. Sarah Carr, who covers education for theHechinger Report, has followed the adjustment to Common Core in Louisiana, including at Belle Chase Primary in Plaquemines Parish.

WWNO News Director Eve Troeh talked with Sarah Carr about how parents feel the Common Core changes, as they help their children with homework.