Why would you call out &quot;no common core&quot;? It sounds like your kid&#x27;s school is likely well in line with, or exceeds, the Common Core.<p>More and more it seems like people don&#x27;t know what the &quot;Common Core&quot; even is. It&#x27;s just becoming shorthand for whatever someone doesn&#x27;t think they like about math pedagogy.<p>In short, the Common Core is a set of standards for math proficiency. It does not dictate any particular way of teaching math.