Walkowiak discusses the importance of educating the parents about common core. In her article, she presents three strategies to help inform parents. The strategies all involve getting the parents involved with their child’s schoolwork and educating them on how this is going to help their child in the future. The article touches on the math side of common core and the “new way” of doing math problems. The “new way” shows a deeper understanding of math and teaching students a new way to look at the math problems. As well, Walkowiak believes that educators should inform the parents about what the standards actually say by giving them URLs to go look at the standards. Another strategy is to post videos in order to help parents see how the “new
