This all means very little. Any pedagogy is going to make flowery claims about understanding material on a deeper level, and the Common Core already espouses th

This all means very little. Any pedagogy is going to make flowery claims about understanding material on a deeper level, and the Common Core already espouses these values. This sort of language is as obnoxious and insulting as saying, "What makes my pedagogy different? I emphasize actual learning." What's important is in the concrete specs which textbook makers, curriculum designers, and other industry stakeholders will target and respond to. And under the Equitable Math program, there is simply no spec for, say, Algebra in middle school. That's what industry stakeholders and textbook writers will see.